Lubao

Lubao is a settlement in Lomami Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country's census tables compiled by City Population list it with 13,331 inhabitants at the census of 1 July 1984 and an estimated 21,844 inhabitants on 1 July 2004, and GeoNames, which places it at latitude -5.38771 and longitude 25.74885, carries a newer population figure of 37,818 for the surrounding settlement. According to the digital elevation model GeoNames uses, the site stands about 694 metres above sea level, and it keeps Central Africa Time (UTC+2). Lubao 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.