There are tributaries of the Congo River to the north and south of the town.[2] Kimpese has a hospital, medical training centre, high school, technical training institute and an agricultural college.[3][4] The 400 bed Kimpese hospital serves 150,000 people in the local area and another 600,000 in the surrounding district.[5] The town also contains an office of the UNHCR, which provides assistance to the nearly 60,000 Angolan refugees in Kongo Central province.[6] Kimpeses population is approximately 40,000; and although DRC is a mainly catholic country, the town has a Protestant majority.[7]
