Dungu
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| Coordinates | 3 ° 37 ′ N , 28 ° 34 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo | ||
| Haut-Uele | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | CD-HU | ||
| height | 730 m | ||
| Residents | 52,000 (2009) | ||
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| mayor | Léandre Bwilu (Territorial Administrator) | ||
Dungu Castle (1986), built by a colonial mayor with the money earmarked for the bridge.
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Dungu is a city in the province of Haut-Uele in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
Geographical location
The city lies at an altitude of 730 m at the confluence of the Dungu and Kibali rivers to the Uelle . It is located in the tropical forest savannah, south of the Garamba National Park . The city is divided into four districts: Uye in the very south, Mussa in the southern center, Ngilima in the center and Bamokandi in the north.
population
Most of the 23,000 population are azande who speak Lingála .
traffic
In Dungu-Uye there is an airfield ( ICAO code FZJC), the runway is not paved.
Infrastructure
The city is equipped with a hospital and a nursing school. There is also a secondary school (for the whole territory) and an internet cafe. The cathedral is the seat of the Doruma-Dungu diocese . The hydropower plant is out of order.
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- ↑ Siradiou Diallo : Le Zaïre aujourd'hui. 3e édition. Jaguar, Paris, 1990, ISBN 2-86950-100-7 , p. 125.
- ↑ 2004 Urban Population map of the Democratic Republic of Congo
- ↑ http://www.aircraft-charter-world.com/airports/africa/congodr.htm