Pokola is a town and a commune[1] located in the northern Republic of Congo in the Sangha Department.

[5][9] The town is the headquarters of one of the largest logging companies in the country, the Congolaise Industrielle des Bois (CIB), a subsidiary of a Singapore group.

The company owns 1.8 million hectares of forest,[10] and funds most of the construction in the town.

[11] In 2010, the Parliament of the Republic of the Congo passed a law to protect the country's Baka people and their lands.

[12] Pokola lies along the Sangha river, and is connected to Ouésso by ferry,[13] until 2023, when the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission built the Sanha Bridge and the Ouésso-Pokola Road, which connected the Pokola with Ouésso.