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Lusambo
Sankuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa
About Lusambo
Lusambo sits on the route: 2 hours from Kabeya-Kamwanga.
Lusambo is in Sankuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 49,000 people. The nearest town is Kabeya-Kamwanga, about 116 km away.
Lusambo (Swahili: Mji wa Lusambo) is the capital city of Sankuru province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town lies north of the confluence of the Sankuru River and the Lubi River. Lusambo is served by Lusambo Airport.
In 1890 Lusambo was chosen by Paul Le Marinel as the main Belgian base in the Kasai regionRead more
to defend against the Arab or Swahili traders in slaves and ivory who came from the east. The station would soon become one of the most important military posts of the Congo Free State with a permanent staff of seventeen whites, six hundred native soldiers and four artillery pieces.
In 1999 the new Kabila government and its ally, the Zimbabwean government of Robert Mugabe, claimed that U.S. mercenaries were helping Ugandan and Rwandan-backed rebel forces who had surrounded 700 Zimbabwean troops near Lusambo during the Second Congo War.
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Lusambo is in Sankuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 116 km from Kabeya-Kamwanga.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 49,376
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Region
- Sankuru
- Timezone
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- Coordinates
- -4.9750, 23.4439
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