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Bunia
Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa
About Bunia
Bunia sits on the route: 55 minutes from Djugu.
Bunia is in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 400,000 people. The nearest town is Djugu, about 49 km away.
Bunia is the capital city of Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It was part of the Orientale Province until that province's dissolution.
It lies at an elevation of 1,275 metres or 4,180 feet on a plateau about 30 kilometres or 19 miles west of Lake Albert in the Albertine Rift, and about 25Read more
kilometres or 16 miles east of the Ituri Rainforest.
The city is at the center of the Ituri conflict between the Lendu and Hema. In the Second Congo War the city and district were the scene of much fighting and many civilian deaths from this conflict, and related clashes between militias and Uganda-based forces. Consequently, the city is the base of one of the largest United Nations peace-keeping forces in Africa, and its headquarters in northeastern DRC. The area's natural resources include gold mines over which militias and foreign forces have been fighting.
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Bunia is in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 49 km from Djugu.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 399,282
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Region
- Ituri
- Timezone
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- Coordinates
- 1.5594, 30.2522
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