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Kindu

Middle Africa

Kindu is a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the capital of Maniema province, with a population of about 200,000. It sits on the Lualaba River at an altitude of about 500 meters, roughly 400 kilometers west of Bukavu.

Facts
Population
172,321 1
Area (sq km)
150 1
Population Estimate Year
2012 1
Elevation (m)
500 1
Latitude
2.95 degrees south 1
Longitude
25.916667 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 2
Sources
1. Kindu (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 172,321 (2012)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -2.95, longitude 25.916667
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 500 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 150.0 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 172321 (2012)
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2. GeoNames: Kindu - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 212902
    -2.94373 25.92237 P PPLA CD 10 01 234651 464 Africa/Lubumbashi
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 464 m
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3. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Democratic Republic of the Congo
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Geography note and Coastline
Quote, 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
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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 -2.75, 25.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -2.75, 25.75
-2.75 25.75 Aw
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Kindu (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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