DR Congo
Maniema Province
Kailo

Lokandu

Lokandu is a community in Maniema Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Lualaba River downstream from . 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 .
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: locality in Maniema, on the left bank of the Lualaba in the current Democratic Republic of Cong
  • Also known as: “Riba Riba”

Lokandu

Latitude
-2.53701° or 2° 32′ 13″ south
Longitude
25.7474° or 25° 44′ 51″ east
Elevation
447 metres (1,467 feet)
Open location code
6G97FP7W+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 435611377
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
211572
Wiki­data ID
Q3258713
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swahili—“Lokandu” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Lokandu”
  • French: “Lokandu”
  • German: “Lokandu”
  • German: “Riba-Riba”
  • Swahili: “Lokandu”
  • “Lokandu”
  • “Riba-Riba”

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