Lokandu
Lokandu is a community in Maniema Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Lualaba River downstream from Kindu. Henry Morton Stanley refers to it as "the frontier village of Manyema, which is called Riba-Riba." The town was formerly called Riba Riba, when it was burned down in 1893 by a force led by Louis Napoléon Chaltin striking overland from Bena-Kamba.- Town
- …lies at an elevation of around 450 metres (1,470 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Riba Riba”
- Description: locality in Maniema, on the left bank of the Lualaba in the current Democratic Republic of Cong
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Latitude
-2.53701° or 2° 32′ 13″ south
Longitude
25.7474° or 25° 44′ 51″ east
Open location code
6G97FP7W+5X
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