Kutu

Kutu is a settlement in Maï-Ndombe Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country's census tables compiled by City Population list it with 17,584 inhabitants at the census of 1 July 1984 and an estimated 32,381 inhabitants on 1 July 2004, and GeoNames, which places it at latitude -2.72490 and longitude 18.14756, carries a newer population figure of 56,061 for the surrounding settlement. According to the digital elevation model GeoNames uses, the site stands about 312 metres above sea level, and it keeps West Africa Time (UTC+1). Kutu 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.