Lulua (river)
| Lulua | ||
 The Lilua in the Kasai catchment area (right center) |
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| Data | ||
| location |
 Democratic Republic of Congo
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| River system | Congo | |
| Drain over | Kasai → Congo → Atlantic | |
| source | in the south of the country, on the border with Angola | |
| muzzle | in the Kasai coordinates: 5 ° 2 ′ 28 " S , 21 ° 6 ′ 43" E 5 ° 2 ′ 28 " S , 21 ° 6 ′ 43" E |
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| Mouth height |
382 m
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| length | 900 km | |
| Medium-sized cities | Kananga | |
The Lulua is a right tributary of the Kasai in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
course
Its headwaters are east of Dilolo near the Angolan border in the Lualaba province . From here it flows north through the province of Kasaï-Central (which was previously called after the river Lulua) to the province of Kasaï , where it flows into the Kasai.
history
The river is considered to be the border of the settlement area of the historical Cuba Federation .
The German African explorer Hermann Wißmann founded the Luluaburg station on the banks of the river in 1885 .
In May 1961, 24 Ghanaian soldiers from a UN contingent were rescued from the river near the city of Port Franqui .