Pool Malebo
| Pool Malebo | |
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| General information | |
Height above mean sea level (en)  | 272 m |
| Tsawo | 35 km |
| Fadi | 23 km |
| Yawan fili | 400 km² |
| Vertical depth (en) | 25 m |
| Labarin ƙasa | |
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| Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa | 4°16′55″S 15°29′19″E / 4.2819444444444°S 15.488611111111°E |
| Kasa | Jamhuriyar Kwango da Jamhuriyar dimokuradiyya Kwango |
| Territory | Kinshasa |
| Hydrography (en) | |
| Inflow (en) | duba
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| Outflows (en) | Kogin Congo |
| Ruwan ruwa | Kongo Basin |
Tafkin Malebo (wanda a da ake kira Stanley Pool ), wanda kuma aka sani a tarihi da Mpumbu, Tafkin Nkunda, Tafkin Nkuna, Tafkin Ntamo, ko Tafkin Ngobila,[1][2] wani faffadan fili ne mai kama da tafki na ƙananan Kogin Congo a Tsakiyar Afirka wanda ke samar da wani kwarin ruwa na halitta inda kogin ke faɗaɗa kafin ya gangara ƙasa zuwa cikin Ruwan Livingstone.[1] Tafkin yana aiki a matsayin iyaka ta duniya tsakanin Jamhuriyar Congo a arewa da Jamhuriyar Demokraɗiyyar Kongo a kudu, tare da manyan biranen ƙasar Brazzaville da Kinshasa suna fuskantar juna kai tsaye a bakin tekun arewa da kudu. [1] [2]
Ya kai kimanin murabba'in kilomita 500 kuma yana auna kimanin kilomita 35 da faɗin kilomita 23, Pool Malebo yana da ruwa mai zurfi, yawanci daga mita 3 zuwa 10 a zurfin, kodayake ambaliyar yanayi na iya canza matakan ruwa sosai.
Sunan yankin Malebo, jam'i na lilebo a cikin Lingala, yana nufin dabino na Borassus wanda ke girma da yawa a bakin tekun, tsibirai, da filayen da ke kewaye da shi, yayin da kalmar tafkin ta samo asali ne daga Turanci, inda yake nuna kwandon kuma, ta hanyar fadada, tafkin.[1][3] An sake masa suna Stanley Pool a shekara ta 1887 bayan mai binciken Henry Morton Stanley, wanda ya tsara yankin a lokacin tafiye-tafiyensa, tafkin ya karɓi sunan da aka samo daga Afirka a watan Janairun 1972 bayan manufofin 'yancin kai na Afirka na sunayen ƙasa.[3] Tun kafin hulɗar Turai, Pool Malebo ya yi aiki a matsayin maɓallin al'adu, kasuwanci, da siyasa ga 'yan asalin kabilun Bantu na tsakiyar Kwango.[3]
Yanayin ƙasa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Bayyanawa da sunan wuri
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Pool Malebo yanki ne inda Kogin Kongo ya fadada don samar da tafkin. Kalmar Ingilishi tana nufin ruwa, kamar tafkin ko tafkin. Kinshasa tana gefen kudancin wannan kwandon, yayin da Brazzaville ke gefen arewa.[3] Kafin sunan mulkin mallaka, mutanen yankin sun san wannan ruwa da sunaye daban-daban, gami da N'Tamo (ko Ntamo), Nkouna (Nkuna ko Nkunda), Pumbo, Pumbu, Mpumbu, ko Ngobila.[2][1]
Ntamo da Nkouna
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Sunayen N'Tamo (ko Ntamo) da Nkouna (Nkuna ko Nkunda) an ambaci su a cikin asusun da yawa daga masu binciken Turai, musamman Henry Morton Stanley, da kuma nazarin tarihi daga baya. A cewar masanin tarihin Kongo Jérôme Olland, a cikin L'Histoire du Congo-Brazzaville, Stanley ya yi amfani da kalmar Ntamo don bayyana Stanley Pool a cikin littafinsa In Darkest Africa . [2] A cikin Congo français du Gabon à Brazzaville, wanda aka buga a 1889, mai binciken Faransa Léon Guiral (an haife shi Léon Pierre Louis Guiral) ya lura cewa Pierre Savorgnan na Brazza, mai binciken Italiyanci a hidimar Faransa, ya sadu da mai fassara Ashimbo Taba a Nkouna. Koyaya, Uba Albert Le Gallois, mai wa'azi na Ruhu Mai Tsarki, ya bayyana a cikin Contribution à la cartographie du Congo français (Stanley Pool Region) cewa kodayake masu binciken farko sun kira babban tsibirin Bamu da Nkouna, bai taɓa haɗuwa da wannan sunan tsakanin Mutanen Téké na bankin dama ba.[4]
Pumbo, Pumbu, ko Mpumbu
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Sunan Pumbo (Pombo, Pumbu, ko Mpumbu) an kuma ambaci shi a cikin asusun masu bincike da wallafe-wallafen tarihi don tsara yankin Pool. A cikin Bayani na Afirka, masanin Holland Olfert Dapper ya bayyana Pombo a matsayin lardin da ke ƙarƙashin ikon Macoco (Makoko), mai mulkin Téké . Masanin tarihin Belgium Jan Vansina ya fassara kalmar kamar yadda take magana game da iyakar arewacin Stanley Pool, wanda ya zama cibiyar siyasa ta Masarautar Téké. Ibrahim Ndinga Mbo, masanin tarihi daga Jamhuriyar Kongo, ya yi amfani da sunan Pumbo don bayyana Pool a lokacin mulkin mallaka, yayin da wasu malaman suka haɗa shi da yankin Bahumbu. Kalmar Pumbo kuma ana fahimtar ta da ma'anar "babban kasuwa".[2]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- 1 2 3 4 5 Okeseleke, Raymond (23 August 2022). "Stanley Pool, site de naissance des villes de Kinshasa et Brazzaville" [Stanley Pool, the birthplace of the cities of Kinshasa and Brazzaville]. Heshima Magazine (in Faransanci). Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Archived from the original on 26 June 2026. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Malu-Malu, Muriel Devey (21 July 2024). "Du Pumbo au Pool Malebo: l'évolution d'une grande zone commerciale" [From Pumbo to Pool Malebo: the evolution of a major commercial area]. Makanisi (in Faransanci). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Ayimpam, Sylvie (2006). "Vie matérielle, échanges et capitalisme sur la rive méridionale du Pool du fleuve Congo (1815-1930)" [Material life, trade, and capitalism on the southern bank of Pool Malebo, Congo River (1815–1930)]. Hal.science (in Faransanci). Éditions du Centre d'Étude des Mondes Africains (CEMAf). pp. 4–23. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
- ↑ Le Gallois, Albert (1912). "Contribution à la carthographie du Congo français" [Contribution to the cartography of French Congo]. Annales de géographie (in Faransanci). Paris, France: Armand Colin. 21 (115): 60–69. doi:10.3406/geo.1912.7291.