Kabinda is the capital of Lomami Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a 2023 population estimated at 572,000. The city sits at an elevation of about 845 meters and has been cited as one of the fastest growing cities on the African continent between 2020 and 2025. During the Second Congo War it was besieged by Rwandan forces for two years but remained under government control, and it is served today by Tunta Airport.
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Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Kabinda (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 572,000 (2023)
2. Kabinda (Wikipedia)
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Kabinda is the capital city of Lomami Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Infobox: elevation_m
845
- In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. 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
4. 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 -6.25, 24.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -6.25, 24.25
-6.25 24.25 Aw
5. GeoNames: Kabinda - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 215527, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 215527, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-6.13791 24.48179 P PPL CD 21 02 219396 884 Africa/Lubumbashi
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