Kifuka

Kifuka is a village in , . 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.
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Kifuka

Latitude
-2.76667° or 2° 46′ south
Longitude
27.73333° or 27° 44′ east
Elevation
756 metres (2,480 feet)
Open location code
6G996PMM+88
Geo­Names ID
213212
Wiki­data ID
Q16799368
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From Dutch to Spanish—“Kifuka” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: Kifuka
  • French: Kifuka
  • Spanish: Kifuka

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