Bulungu

Bulungu is a settlement in Kwilu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country's census tables compiled by City Population list it with 26,030 inhabitants at the census of 1 July 1984 and an estimated 47,013 inhabitants on 1 July 2004, and GeoNames, which places it at latitude -4.54437 and longitude 18.60364, carries a newer population figure of 81,393 for the surrounding settlement. According to the digital elevation model GeoNames uses, the site stands about 400 metres above sea level, and it keeps West Africa Time (UTC+1). Bulungu 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.