Mungbere
| Mungbere | |||
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| Coordinates | 2 ° 38 ′ N , 28 ° 32 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo | ||
| Haut-Uele | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | CD-HU | ||
Mungbere is a place in the province of Haut-Uele in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The national language is Lingála .
Mungebere is located on the northern tree line of the Ituri Forest , about 1.6 ° north of the equator at about 900 meters above sea level. Here the flora changes to the wide clearings of the savannah. There is a humid equatorial climate.
population
The place had around 5000 Christian inhabitants in the mid-1970s, the number of which doubled by 2007. 47% of the population are under 15 years old. The majority of the population are Bantu and Nilots . Other ethnic groups are the mid-1980s to work on the numerous coffee - plantations migrated. The pygmies are a neglected minority. In the last twenty years they have started to be involved in a specific program, which mainly includes school education and health care.
Healthcare
Since 1980 there has been a hospital run by the diocese of Wamba with 120 beds, 27 nurses and three doctors. It has a medical, a surgical, an ostetric, a pediatric and a neonatal department and is directed by the Order of Comboni Missionaries .
Sixteen nurses work in five medical wards in the wider area.
traffic
Mungbere is the terminus of the Congolese branch line coming from Isiro , which, however, only runs very rarely. The road conditions are considered extremely precarious.
economy
The economy is weak due to the poor transport infrastructure and the low income of "significantly less" than $ 1 per day. In addition, a tenth of the population has AIDS.