Bunia
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| Coordinates | 1 ° 33 ' N , 30 ° 15' E | ||
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| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | CD-IT | ||
| height | 1277 m | ||
| Residents | 106,000 | ||
 Bunia from the air
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Bunia is the capital of the Ituri province in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , with an estimated 106,000 inhabitants (2009). Bunia is north of Mount Hoyo and west of Lake Albert . The Ituri River flows past Bunia about 20 kilometers south.
There is a small airfield ( ICAO code : FZKA).
The city is the center of the ethnic clashes between the Lendu and Hema tribes ( Ituri conflict ).
In 2003, EUFOR troops were deployed in the region in Bunia as part of Operation Artemis .
sons and daughters of the town
- Dieudonné Uringi Uuci (* 1957), Roman Catholic clergyman, bishop of Bunia
- Axel Tuanzebe (* 1997), English football player