Geography Atlas

Where Everything Happened
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
City

Isiro

Middle Africa

Isiro, formerly known as Paulis, is the capital of Haut-Uele Province in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, lying between equatorial forest and savannah with an estimated population of about 182,000. Coffee is its main economic resource, and most residents speak Pa-Zande, Lingala, and Swahili.

Facts
Population
255,409 1
Elevation (m)
730 2
Latitude
2.783333 degrees north 2
Longitude
27.616667 degrees east 2
Sources
1. GeoNames: Isiro
GeoNames geonameid 215771 (Isiro), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Isiro (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 2.783333, longitude 27.616667
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 730 m
View the Source
Wikidata: Isiro
Wikidata Q899873, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Isiro (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.