# Basoko

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'''Basoko''' is a [town](/source/town) on the [Congo River](/source/Congo_River) in the [Tshopo](/source/Tshopo) Province of the [Democratic Republic of the Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) and is the administrative center of '''Basoko Territory'''. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 47,970.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-46 |title=Congo (Dem. Rep.): largest cities and towns and statistics of their population |publisher=World Gazetteer |accessdate=January 21, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y 
|collapsed = Y
|location =  Basoko, elevation {{convert|366|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1971–2000)
|Jan high C = 31.0
|Feb high C = 31.7
|Mar high C = 31.6
|Apr high C = 30.9
|May high C = 30.6
|Jun high C = 29.8
|Jul high C = 29.1
|Aug high C = 29.2
|Sep high C = 29.9
|Oct high C = 29.9
|Nov high C = 29.9
|Dec high C = 30.0
| year high C = 
|Jan low C = 20.6
|Feb low C = 20.6
|Mar low C = 21.3
|Apr low C = 21.4
|May low C = 21.2
|Jun low C = 20.9
|Jul low C = 20.5
|Aug low C = 20.6
|Sep low C = 20.6
|Oct low C = 20.7
|Nov low C = 20.7
|Dec low C = 20.4
| year low C = 
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 66.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 86.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 150.0
|Apr precipitation mm = 186.0
|May precipitation mm = 180.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 111.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 137.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 147.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 175.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 215.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 177.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 95.0
|year precipitation mm = 
| source 1 = [FAO](/source/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization)<ref name=FAO>{{cite web
| url = https://www.fao.org/land-water/databases-and-software/climwat-for-cropwat/en/
| title = CLIMWAT climatic database
| publisher= Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations
| access-date = 28 August 2024}}</ref>
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==Notable people==

*[George Grenfell](/source/George_Grenfell), missionary

==References==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Populated places in Tshopo
Category:Communities on the Congo River
Category:Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

{{DRC-geo-stub}}

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