Ilebo

Ilebo, formerly known as Port-Francqui, is a town in Kasai province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying at the highest navigable point of the Kasaï River. It is an important transport hub for ferries to and trains to .
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  • Type: City with 117,000 residents
  • Description: locality, capital of the territory of the province of Kasaï in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Also known as: Franqui” and “Port-Francqui

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ilebo Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving the port of Ilebo, in , Democratic Republic of Congo. The runway is within the city.

Ilebo

Latitude
-4.3316° or 4° 19′ 54″ south
Longitude
20.5883° or 20° 35′ 18″ east
Population
117,000
Elevation
440 metres (1,444 feet)
IATA airport code
PFR
United Nations Location Code
CD PFR
Open location code
6G72MH9Q+88
Open­Street­Map ID
node 254492355
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
215976
Wiki­data ID
Q848403
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Ilebo” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Ilebo
  • Afrikaans: Port Francqui
  • Afrikaans: Port-Francqui
  • Arabic: إيليبو
  • Asturian: Ilebo
  • Bengali: ইলেবো
  • Catalan: Ilebo
  • Cebuano: Ilebo
  • Chinese: 伊莱博
  • Chinese: 伊萊博
  • Danish: Ilebo
  • Dutch: Francquihaven
  • Dutch: Ilebo
  • Dutch: Port Francqui
  • Dutch: Port-Francqui
  • Egyptian Arabic: ايليبو
  • Esperanto: Ilebo
  • Finnish: Ilebo
  • French: Ilebo
  • French: Port-Francqui
  • Georgian: ილებო
  • German: Ilebo
  • Greek: Ιλέμπο
  • Gujarati: ઇલેબો
  • Hindi: कनंगा
  • Hungarian: Ilebo
  • Indonesian: Ilebo
  • Italian: Ilebo
  • Japanese: イレボ
  • Kannada: ಐಲೆಬೋ
  • Kongo: Ilebo
  • Korean: 일레보
  • Latvian: Ilebo
  • Lithuanian: Ilebas
  • Lithuanian: Port Frankis
  • Malay: Ilebo
  • Marathi: ल्लेबो
  • Mingrelian: ილებო
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ilebo
  • Persian: ایلیبو
  • Polish: Ilebo
  • Polish: Port Francqui
  • Polish: Port-Francqui
  • Portuguese: Ilebo
  • Portuguese: Port-Francqui
  • Romanian: Ilebo
  • Russian: Илебо
  • Serbian: Ilebo
  • Serbian: Илебо
  • Sinhala: ල්ලෙබෝ
  • South Azerbaijani: ایلیبو
  • Spanish: Ilebo
  • Swahili: Ilebo
  • Swahili: Port-Francqui
  • Swedish: Ilebo
  • Swedish: Port Francqui
  • Swedish: Port Franqui
  • Swedish: Port-Francqui
  • Tagalog: Ilebo
  • Tamil: இலெபோ
  • Telugu: ల్లెబో
  • Thai: ไอเลโบ
  • Turkish: IIlebo
  • Ukrainian: Ілебо
  • Urdu: یلیبو
  • Vietnamese: Ilebo
  • Zulu: Ilebo

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