Mwene-Ditu is a town in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, in what is described as Lomami Province. It became a city under a presidential order of March 2003 issued during the transition that followed the Sun City agreement. Its importance comes from its position on agro-pastoral grassland and its closeness to Mbuji-Mayi, the capital of Kasai Oriental, which lies 126 kilometres to the north. The town has a station on the national railway system and Mwene-Ditu Airport in its northwestern part. It lies on National Road 1 and is the terminus of National Road 40. The football club AS Makinku is linked to the town. A 2004 population estimate of 170,786 is published by the City Population reference site, which flags all Congolese figures as low in reliability.
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Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cities
citypopulation.deCities and towns table, 2004 estimate
Mwene-Ditu LOM 94,560 170,786 1600
On Continent: Africa, Page heading
Home → Africa → Congo (Dem. Rep.)
View the Source 2. Opentopodata (SRTM 90 m): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at -7.0091,23.4528 (Mwene-Ditu)
Opentopodata (SRTM 90 m)SRTM 90 m lookup at the GeoNames coordinates of Mwene-Ditu, 970 mQuote, SRTM 90 m lookup at the GeoNames coordinates of Mwene-Ditu, 970 m
"elevation": 970.0
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 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. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell -7.25 23.25 containing Mwene-Ditu, class AwQuote, Grid cell -7.25 23.25 containing Mwene-Ditu, class Aw
-7.25 23.25 Aw
5. IANA Time Zone Database: tz database zone.tab, Africa/Lubumbashi
IANA Time Zone Databasezone.tab, CD row for Africa/LubumbashiQuote, zone.tab, CD row for Africa/Lubumbashi
Dem. Rep. of Congo (east)
Mwene-Ditu (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Democratic Republic of the Congo, LeadQuote, Part Of: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lead
Mwene-Ditu is a town in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lomami Province.
United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics DivisionIn Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Middle Africa 017 listQuote, In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Middle Africa 017 list
Democratic Republic of the Congo 180 COD
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