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.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lusambo.

Town
is the capital city of Sankuru province, . The town lies north of the confluence of the and the Lubi River.

Sankuru

Latitude
-4.9667° or 4° 58′ south
Longitude
23.45° or 23° 27′ east
Population
1,370,000
Elevation
461 metres (1,512 feet)
Open location code
6G752CMX+8X
Geo­Names ID
205828
Wiki­data ID
Q209829
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Sankuru” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ولاية سنكورة
  • Belarusian: Правінцыя Санкуру
  • Belarusian: Санкуру
  • Bulgarian: Санкуру
  • Cebuano: Sankuru
  • Chinese: 桑库鲁省
  • Chinese: 桑庫魯省
  • Danish: Sankuru (provins)
  • Danish: Sankuru
  • Dutch: Sankuru
  • Esperanto: etúká ya Sankuru
  • Esperanto: kizûnga Sankuru
  • Esperanto: mkoa wa Sankuru
  • Esperanto: provinco Sankuro
  • Esperanto: Provinco Sankuro
  • Esperanto: Sankuro
  • Esperanto: Sankuru
  • Finnish: Sankuru
  • French: Province de la Sankuru
  • French: Province du Sankuru
  • French: Sankuru
  • Georgian: სანკურუს პროვინცია
  • German: Sankuru
  • Hungarian: Sankuru tartomány
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Sankuru
  • Italian: Provincia di Sankuru
  • Japanese: サンクル州
  • Kongo: Kizûnga Sankuru
  • Korean: 상쿠루주
  • Lingala: Etuka ya Sankuru
  • Lithuanian: Sankuru (provincija)
  • Lithuanian: Sankuru
  • Mingrelian: სანკურუშ პროვინცია
  • Northern Frisian: Sankuru
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sankuru
  • Norwegian: Sankuru
  • Persian: سانکورو
  • Polish: Sankuru
  • Portuguese: Sancuru
  • Portuguese: Sankuru
  • Romanian: Sankuru
  • Russian: Санкуру
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sankuru
  • Slovenian: Sankuru
  • Spanish: Provincia de Sankuru
  • Spanish: Sankuru
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Sankuru
  • Swahili: Sankuru
  • Swedish: Sankuru
  • Ukrainian: Санкуру
  • Walloon: Province do Sankourou
  • Walloon: Province do Sankuru
  • Waray (Philippines): Sankuru
  • Yue Chinese: 桑庫魯省
  • Zulu: Sankuru

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