Kirundu
Kirundu is a settlement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is on the right bank of the Lualaba River, upstream from Ubundu. In the late nineteenth century the town was capital of a slaving state headed by Kibonge, from the Comoro Islands, who was joined by a young Arab named Said ben Adeb who had been expelled from Nyangwe after his father died.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: place in Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Also known as: “Kirundi” and “Kirundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo”
Kirundu
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Ubundu, Tshopo, DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-0.794° or 0° 47′ 38″ southLongitude
25.51724° or 25° 31′ 2″ eastElevation
432 metres (1,417 feet)Open location code
6GF76G48+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 1156621935OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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