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.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″ south
Longitude
29.1684° or 29° 10′ 6″ east
Population
394
Elevation
774 metres (2,539 feet)
Open location code
6G7FG569+J9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Kibanga” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kibanga”
- French: “Kibanga”
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