African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1268 Population Distribution

Chapter 1268 Population Distribution
The Wrenthamfuwa River is particularly turbulent today. The rushing water gushes out from the gates of the Fuwa Dam, stirring up huge waves that violently hit the river surface and then roll away southward.

Maxim and his four companions climbed to the top of the Foix Dam under the guidance of security personnel and reservoir area management personnel.

“The Fuwa River Reservoir is the largest water source in the surrounding area. In order to maintain water quality, industrial areas are only built along the banks of the Wensemfuwa River downstream of the reservoir.”

"There are not many residential areas around the reservoir area, except for the city of Rhine in the west. The only buildings around the Foix River Reservoir are the royal palace, parks, gardens, some government agencies and some reservoir management agencies."

"The water diversion facilities built by the government continuously supply lake water to cities and farms, forming a developed water conservancy network on the west side..."

The reservoir manager explained the relevant contents of the Fuwa River Reservoir to the four people seriously and attentively.

"After the completion of the Foix River Hydropower Station, the power supply of Rhine City is guaranteed, and there is a surplus every year that is transmitted to surrounding areas."

"Downstream of the hydropower station, the west area is the southwest industrial zone of Rhine City. Textile factories, printing and dyeing factories, paper mills, etc. are all concentrated in this area."

"We make full use of the cheap electricity, water and forest resources here. The east is an undeveloped primeval forest, and the Rhine-Quelimane railway runs through the forest area."

As they were talking, a train from the east, emitting a cloud of smoke, passed by below. The four of them could see the distant scenery from their high vantage point.

Prince Maxim interrupted, "That is a fuel locomotive that is widely used in East Africa. It has replaced traditional steam locomotives on a large scale and is running on the land of East Africa."

Fuel locomotives are a major feature of East Africa. Although there are fuel locomotives in the railway systems of other countries, their penetration rate is far lower than that in East Africa.

Princess Anastasia said: "The train we took from Dar es Salaam to Rhine City should have been pulled by this kind of locomotive. Compared with the steam locomotive, it obviously produced much less smoke."

Prince Maxim answered affirmatively: "Of course, the combustion efficiency of internal combustion engines is much higher than that of steam engines, so it is inevitable that less smoke is produced. At present, the internal combustion locomotives on the East African Railway mainly use diesel, which then provides electricity to drive the engine to operate, and then provide power for the train."

Alexey said: "Our Russian trains are basically steam locomotives, which run like a moving chimney, especially in winter when it is covered with snow, which can form a lighting contrast with the surrounding environment."

Prince Maxim listened to the description of Crown Prince Alexei and said with some longing: "It must be spectacular. We basically don't see snow in East Africa. Except for some snow-capped mountains and mountainous areas in the south, most places can't even see a snowflake."

"But I heard that in some special years, due to extreme weather, it may snow in some special areas, but the probability is very small. Even if it happens, it will only be a thin layer of snow."

Countries like East Africa, which are located along the equator, are not without winter. In fact, some high-altitude areas are still relatively cold in winter, especially at night.

Princess Maria was quite interested in the little-known fact that it snows in East Africa. She said, "I thought it never snowed in a tropical country like East Africa!"

Prince Maxim said: "Even in the hottest equatorial regions, you can see snow as long as the conditions are met, but it is difficult for ordinary people to see it."

"In the southern part of the Prussian province of the Empire, Kilimanjaro is a snowy mountain. From the plains between the mountains, you can see the white snow on the top of Kilimanjaro. It is also the highest mountain in East Africa, more than 5,800 meters high, and the highest mountain in the entire African continent. It is also a volcano."

This was another piece of knowledge that the three people from Russia had not known before. After all, most people would not pay attention to a mountain far away in Africa. Moreover, East Africa had only been open for a few years, and a lot of geographical data had not even been circulated abroad. After it was reopened in recent years, some European explorers and geographers entered East Africa to explore.

But it was too late. After all, although East Africa had been closed to the outside world for a long time, it was quite knowledgeable about its own geography.

Moreover, exploration in East Africa has lost its appeal. European explorers were once full of curiosity about Africa because it was mysterious, dangerous and exciting.

However, after East Africa truly opened its borders, that is, after 1910, highly developed transportation made it possible for all other parts of East Africa to be generally accessible, except for some extremely harsh areas, such as the Congo rainforest and the southwestern desert.

And even the Congo rain forest or the southwestern desert, parts of them have been explored by East Africa.

Mount Kilimanjaro, a common knowledge point in East African geography textbooks, is also a must-see spot for many East African tourists. It not only has roads and railways, but also has scenic spots, hotels and other service areas built by East Africa.

It can be said that the construction of transportation and other aspects has disappointed many explorers who hoped to travel to East Africa for the excitement of transportation. After all, what they wanted was the pleasure of measuring and conquering strange lands and natural wonders with their own feet, but when they arrived in East Africa, it turned into tourism, which was obviously not what they were pursuing.

In this case, it is better to go rafting in the Amazon rainforest in South America than to adventure in East Africa. After all, with the same area, the population density in South America is far less than that in East Africa, and there are more unexplored and developed areas.

Take the rainforests of the two places for example. Cabinda, Kinshasa and Kissan in East Africa are all typical rainforest cities. These three cities are just big cities. Cabinda is also a large international city. There are more small cities and villages developed in the Congo rainforest in East Africa.

In contrast, there are not many cities that can be named in the Amazon rainforest. The largest country in the region, Brazil, has a population of only more than 20 million, and most of them are concentrated in the southeast corner where Rio de Janeiro is located.

However, the population of East Africa is as high as over 100 million. Moreover, under the long-term planned economic state, East Africa attaches great importance to regional coordinated development and exploitation, which makes the population in East Africa far more evenly distributed than in South America.

You have to know that the area of ​​East Africa is only slightly larger than that of Europe, and the current total population of Europe is just over 400 million, which means that the population density of East Africa is about one-quarter of that of Europe.

The population density of Europe is already relatively high in the world, only lower than that of the Far East and South Asia. Western Europe in particular is almost everywhere filled with large countries with a population of over 10 million. Even small countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Denmark, etc., have a population of over one million and are moving towards the scale of 10 million. However, this has made Europe's resources very tight, otherwise World War I would not have been possible.

So from this perspective, East Africa has initially gotten rid of the dilemma of vast land and sparse population in terms of population size. Combined with the long-term planned economic development strategy, it has further promoted the development of East Africa's national region.

After all, through administrative means, potatoes can be dug even in the bitter cold of Siberia, and it is not surprising that East Africa has developed the Congo rainforest and the southwestern desert through various means.

Of course, the cities in East Africa are basically distributed on the outskirts of the Congo rainforest, and basically no one has set foot in the deep rainforest. However, compared with the almost completely undeveloped Amazon rainforest, it is already quite rare.

In fact, what limits East Africa's development of the Congo rainforest is mainly agriculture. The land in the Congo rainforest is the most barren in East Africa, and its grain production is extremely poor.

However, food crops are obviously not the focus of attack in the Congo rainforest region of East Africa, but rather tropical cash crops such as rubber, fruits, and trees.

In short, there are indeed many unexplored places in East Africa today, but they basically have no special features and are definitely not a paradise for adventurers. There are actually many such places in Europe, not to mention East Africa, so this has greatly dampened the desire of European adventurers to explore East Africa.

(End of this chapter)

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