Butembo

Butembo is a city in province, in the north eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on the graben and west of . The city is an important commercial centre with large markets, a cathedral, multiple large , and an airport.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Butembo Airport.

Aerodrome
, also known as Rughenda Airport, is a civil airport in the city of Butembo in the province of the .

Butembo

Latitude
0.125° or 0° 7′ 30″ north
Longitude
29.292° or 29° 17′ 31″ east
Population
286,000
Elevation
1,736 metres (5,696 feet)
IATA airport code
RUE
United Nations Location Code
CD BUT
Open location code
6GGF47FR+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 83540909
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
217562
Wiki­data ID
Q518785
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Satellite Map

Discover Butembo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Butembo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوتمبو”
  • Asturian: “Butembo”
  • Bengali: “বুতেম্ব”
  • Cebuano: “Butembo”
  • Chinese: “布滕博”
  • Danish: “Butembo”
  • Dutch: “Butembo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوتمبو”
  • Esperanto: “Butembo”
  • Finnish: “Butembo”
  • French: “Bbô”
  • French: “Butembo”
  • Galician: “Butembo”
  • Georgian: “Butembo”
  • Georgian: “ბუტემბო”
  • German: “Butembo”
  • Greek: “Μπουτέμπο”
  • Gujarati: “બૂટેમ્બો”
  • Hindi: “बुटेम्बो”
  • Hungarian: “Butembo”
  • Indonesian: “Butembo”
  • Irish: “Butembo”
  • Italian: “Butembo”
  • Japanese: “ビュトンボ”
  • Japanese: “ブテンボ”
  • Kannada: “Butembo”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ಯುಟೆಂಬೊ”
  • Korean: “부템보”
  • Latvian: “Butembo”
  • Lingala: “Butembo”
  • Lithuanian: “Butembas”
  • Malay: “Butembo”
  • Marathi: “ब्यूटीम्बो”
  • Mingrelian: “ბუტემბო”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Butembo”
  • Norwegian: “Butembo”
  • Persian: “بوتمبو”
  • Polish: “Butembo”
  • Portuguese: “Butembo”
  • Romanian: “Butembo”
  • Russian: “Бутембо”
  • Shona: “Butembo”
  • Sinhala: “බුටෙම්බෝ”
  • Slovenian: “Butembo”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بوتمبو”
  • Spanish: “Butembo”
  • Swahili: “Butembo”
  • Swedish: “Butembo”
  • Tagalog: “Butembo”
  • Tamil: “புடெம்போ”
  • Telugu: “బుటంబో”
  • Thai: “บูเทมโบ”
  • Turkish: “Butembo”
  • Ukrainian: “Бутембо”
  • Urdu: “بوتیمبو”
  • Venetian: “Butembo”
  • Vietnamese: “Butembo”
  • Zulu: “Butembo”

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