Sankuru River
The Sankuru River is a major river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its approximate length of 1,200 km makes it the longest tributary of the Kasai River.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Also known as: “Lubilanji”, “Lubilasch”, “Lubilash”, “Sankaru”, “Sankura”, “Sankuri”, “Sankuru jõgi”, “سنكورة”, and “سَنْكُورَةُ”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Basongo Airport.
Basongo Airport
Aerodrome
Basongo Airport is an airport serving Basongo… Basongo Airport is situated 3 km south of Sankuru River.
Sankuru River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ilebo, Kasaï Province, DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-4.2907° or 4° 17′ 27″ south
Longitude
20.4198° or 20° 25′ 11″ east
Elevation
350 metres (1,148 feet)
Open location code
6G72PC59+PW
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Sankuru River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر سانكورو”
- Arabic: “نهر سنكورة”
- Asturian: “Ríu Sankuru”
- Belarusian: “Санкуру”
- Bulgarian: “Санкуру (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Санкуру”
- Cebuano: “Sankuru”
- Chinese: “桑库鲁河”
- Chinese: “桑庫魯河”
- Chuvash: “Санкуру”
- Croatian: “Sankuru (rijeka)”
- Croatian: “Sankuru”
- Czech: “Sankuru”
- Dagbani: “Sankuru Mɔɣili”
- Dagbani: “Sankuru River”
- Dutch: “Sankuru”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سانكورو”
- Esperanto: “Sankuro”
- Estonian: “Sankuru”
- French: “Sankuru”
- German: “Sankuru”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Sankuru River”
- Hausa: “Kogin Sankuru”
- Hungarian: “Sankuru”
- Igbo: “Osimiri Sankuru”
- Japanese: “サンクル川”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umugezi wa Sankuru”
- Latvian: “Sankuru”
- Lingala: “Sankuru”
- Lithuanian: “Sankuru”
- Malayalam: “സന്കുരു നദി”
- Mingrelian: “სანკურუ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankuru”
- Norwegian: “Sankuru”
- Polish: “Sankuru”
- Portuguese: “Rio Sankuru”
- Russian: “Санкуру”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sankuru (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sankuru”
- Slovenian: “Sankuru”
- Spanish: “Río Sankuru”
- Swahili: “Mto Sankuru”
- Swedish: “Sankuru”
- Turkish: “Sankuru Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Санкуру”
- Venetian: “Fiume Sankuru”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Sankuru”
- Welsh: “Afon Sankuru”
- Western Panjabi: “سانکورو دریا”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bena-Bendi and Kawawa.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Ilebo Airport.
DR Congo: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Kinshasa and Virunga National Park.
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