Kibanga
Kibanga, formerly called Lavigerieville, is a settlement in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The White Fathers founded the first mission station on the west of the lake at Mulweba in 1880, and founded the mission at Kibanga, slightly further south on the lakeshore, in June 1883.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Kibanga
- Type: Village with 394 residents
- Description: place in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Fizi, South Kivu, DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-4.48845° or 4° 29′ 18″ southLongitude
29.1684° or 29° 10′ 6″ eastPopulation
394Elevation
774 metres (2,539 feet)Open location code
6G7FG569+J9OpenStreetMap ID
node 5037815181OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
213328Wikidata ID
Q15238339
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From Dutch to French—“Kibanga” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kibanga”
- French: “Kibanga”
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