Kifuka
Kifuka is a village in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The village, located at 970 metres altitude in a mountainous region, is the nearest populated place to the site which receives the second most annual lightning strikes of any place worldwide, being struck by 158 lightning bolts per square kilometer each year.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Kifuka
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Shabunda, South Kivu, DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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