Sankuru

Sankuru is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Sankuru, , and provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Oriental province.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lusambo.
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is the capital city of Sankuru province, .
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Latitude
-4.9667° or 4° 58′ south
Longitude
23.45° or 23° 27′ east
Open location code
6G752CMX+8X
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Sankuru” goes by many names.
ሳንኩሩAmharic
ولاية سنكورةArabic
SankuruAzerbaijani
Правінцыя СанкуруBelarusian
СанкуруBelarusian
সাঙ্কুরুBengali
СанкуруBulgarian
SankuruCebuano
桑库鲁省Chinese
桑庫魯省Chinese
SankuruCroatian
SankuruDanish
Sankuru (provins)Danish
SankuruDutch
etúká ya SankuruEsperanto
kizûnga SankuruEsperanto
mkoa wa SankuruEsperanto
Provinco SankuroEsperanto
SankuroEsperanto
SankuruEsperanto
SankuruFinnish
სანკურუს პროვინციაGeorgian
SankuruHausa
Sankuru tartományHungarian
Provinsi SankuruIndonesian
Provincia di SankuruItalian
サンクル州Japanese
SankuruJavanese
СанкуруKazakh
СанкуруKirghiz
Kizûnga SankuruKongo
상쿠루주Korean
SankuruLatvian
Sankuru (province)Latvian
Etuka ya SankuruLingala
SankuruLithuanian
Sankuru (provincija)Lithuanian
SankuruMalay
სანკურუშ პროვინციაMingrelian
SankuruNorthern Frisian
SankuruNorwegian
SankuruNorwegian Bokmål
SankuruOromo
ਸਾਂਕੁਰੁPanjabi
سانکوروPersian
SankuruPolish
سانکوروPushto
SankuruRomanian
СанкуруRussian
SankuruSerbo-Croatian
SankuruSlovenian
SankuruSomali
Jimbo la SankuruSwahili
Mkoa wa SankuruSwahili
SankuruSwahili
SankuruSwedish
СанкуруTajik
СанкуруTatar
СанкуруUkrainian
SankuruUzbek
SankuruVietnamese
Province do SankourouWalloon
Province do SankuruWalloon
SankuruWaray (Philippines)
桑庫魯省Yue Chinese
SankuruZulu

Places with the Same Name

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sapolumpungu and Tshileta.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lusambo Airport.
“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.”

DR Congo: Highlights

Learn more about Kinshasa and Lubumbashi.