Kalemie, formerly known as Albertville, is a city on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the capital of Tanganyika Province. The Lukuga River, which drains Lake Tanganyika into the Lualaba River, runs through the city.
Facts
Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Kalemie (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 146,974 (2012)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -5.912778, longitude 29.190556
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 146974 (2012)
View the Source2. Kalemie (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia infobox 'Founded' = '1891' on 'Kalemie'
History, Founding of Albertville
On 30 December 1891 Captain Alphonse Jacques
- In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. GeoNames: Kalemie - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 214974
-5.94749 29.19471 P PPL CD 29 02 160961 787 Africa/Lubumbashi
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 787 m
View the Source 4. 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
5. 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 -5.75, 29.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -5.75, 29.25
-5.75 29.25 Aw
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