Aru

Aru is a settlement in Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country's census tables compiled by City Population list it with 14,556 inhabitants at the census of 1 July 1984 and an estimated 26,290 inhabitants on 1 July 2004, and GeoNames, which places it at latitude 2.86218 and longitude 30.84138, carries a newer population figure of 45,516 for the surrounding settlement. According to the digital elevation model GeoNames uses, the site stands about 1350 metres above sea level, and it keeps Central Africa Time (UTC+2). Aru is not a provincial capital, so it appears in the census tables as one of the country's smaller towns rather than as the seat of a province. The atlas places it in the Middle Africa subregion of Africa and treats it as a city for browsing purposes.