Lusambo is the capital of Sankuru Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, positioned north of the confluence of the Sankuru and Lubi rivers. It was founded in 1890 when the Belgian officer Paul Le Marinel established it as the main Belgian base in the Kasai region to counter Arab and Swahili slave traders, and it grew into a significant colonial military post. The city also saw fighting during the Second Congo War, when Zimbabwean forces in the area faced encirclement by rebel groups in 1999, and it is served by Lusambo Airport.
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Founding Year Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. GeoNames: Lusambo
GeoNames geonameid 210379 (Lusambo), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Wikipedia (French): Lusambo
Wikipedia (French)Article text: founding statementQuote, Article text: founding statement
Lusambo est une localité et le chef-lieu de la province du Sankuru en république démocratique du Congo sur la rivière Sankuru fondée en Avril 1890
3. Lusambo (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -4.972911, longitude 23.436756
4. GeoNames: Lusambo - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 210379
-4.97503 23.44391 P PPLA CD 27 02 49376 432 Africa/Lubumbashi
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 432 m
View the Source 5. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Democratic Republic of the Congo
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Geography note and CoastlineQuote, Geography note and Coastline
the narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River is the DRC's only outlet to the South Atlantic Ocean
6. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -4.75, 23.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -4.75, 23.25
-4.75 23.25 Aw
Lusambo (Wikipedia)
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Lusambo (Swahili: Mji wa Lusambo) is the capital city of Sankuru province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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