Pweto

Pweto is a town in the of the . It is the administrative center of Pweto Territory. The town was the scene of a decisive battle in December 2000 during the Second Congo War which resulted in both sides making more active efforts to achieve peace.
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Latitude
-8.47411° or 8° 28′ 27″ south
Longitude
28.89871° or 28° 53′ 55″ east
UN/LOCODE
CD PWO
Open location code
6G3CGVGX+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Pweto” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بويتو”
  • Armenian: “Պվետո”
  • Bengali: “প্বেতো”
  • Cebuano: “Pweto”
  • Chinese: “普韋托”
  • Chinese: “普韦托”
  • Croatian: “Pweto”
  • Danish: “Pweto”
  • Dutch: “Pweto”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بويتو”
  • Finnish: “Pweto”
  • French: “Pweto”
  • German: “Pweto”
  • Greek: “Ποέτο”
  • Gujarati: “પ્વેટો”
  • Hindi: “प्वीटो”
  • Indonesian: “Pweto”
  • Italian: “Pweto”
  • Japanese: “プウェト”
  • Japanese: “プエト”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ವೆಟೊ”
  • Korean: “프웨토”
  • Latvian: “Pveto”
  • Lithuanian: “Pvetas”
  • Malay: “Pweto”
  • Marathi: “पावेतो”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pweto”
  • Polish: “Pweto”
  • Portuguese: “Pweto”
  • Romanian: “Pweto”
  • Russian: “Пвето”
  • Sinhala: “ප්වෙටෝ”
  • Spanish: “Pweto”
  • Swahili: “Mpweto”
  • Swahili: “Pweto”
  • Swedish: “Pweto”
  • Tamil: “பிவெடோ”
  • Telugu: “పీవెటో”
  • Thai: “พวีโต”
  • Turkish: “Pweto”
  • Ukrainian: “Пвето”
  • Urdu: “پویتو”
  • Vietnamese: “Pweto”
  • Zulu: “Pweto”

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