Beni

Beni is a city in north eastern , lying immediately west of the and the , on the edge of the Ituri Forest.
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  • Type: City with 141,000 residents
  • Description: city in Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Also known as: “Beni, Congo”, “Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo”, “Beni, DRC”, and “Beni, DRC Congo”
  • Historically known as: “New Beni”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mukulia.

Village
is a village in in eastern . It is located several kilometres to the south of Beni, connected by the N2 highway.

Beni

Latitude
0.4939° or 0° 29′ 38″ north
Longitude
29.4653° or 29° 27′ 55″ east
Population
141,000
Elevation
1,161 metres (3,809 feet)
IATA airport code
BNC
United Nations Location Code
CD BNC
Open location code
6GGFFFV8+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 435818462
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
219057
Wiki­data ID
Q817269
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Beni” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بني”
  • Arabic: “بيني”
  • Asturian: “Beni”
  • Azerbaijani: “Beni”
  • Basque: “Beni (Kongoko Errepublika Demokratikoa)”
  • Basque: “Beni”
  • Bengali: “বেনি”
  • Catalan: “Beni”
  • Cebuano: “Beni”
  • Chinese: “貝尼 (剛果民主共和國)”
  • Chinese: “貝尼”
  • Chinese: “贝尼”
  • Czech: “Beni”
  • Danish: “Beni”
  • Dutch: “Beni”
  • Esperanto: “Beni”
  • Finnish: “Beni”
  • French: “Beni”
  • French: “Nouveau Beni” (historical)
  • Fulah: “Beni”
  • Galician: “Beni”
  • Georgian: “ბენი (ქალაქი)”
  • Georgian: “ბენი”
  • German: “Beni (Stadt)”
  • German: “Beni”
  • Greek: “Μπένι”
  • Gujarati: “બેની”
  • Hindi: “बेनी”
  • Indonesian: “Beni”
  • Italian: “Beni”
  • Japanese: “ベニ”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆನಿ”
  • Korean: “베니”
  • Latvian: “Beni”
  • Lingala: “Beni .”
  • Lingala: “Beni (engumba) .”
  • Lithuanian: “Benis”
  • Malay: “Beni”
  • Marathi: “बेनी”
  • Mingrelian: “ბენი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beni”
  • Persian: “بنی، کنگو”
  • Polish: “Beni”
  • Portuguese: “Beni (Kongo)”
  • Romanian: “Beni, republica democrată congo”
  • Romanian: “Beni, Republica Democrată Congo”
  • Russian: “Бени (город)”
  • Russian: “Бени”
  • Shona: “Beni”
  • Silesian: “Beni (mjasto)”
  • Silesian: “Beni”
  • Sinhala: “බෙනි”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بنی، کنقو”
  • Spanish: “Beni”
  • Swahili: “Beni, Kongo”
  • Swahili: “Beni”
  • Swedish: “Beni, Kongo-Kinshasa”
  • Swedish: “Beni”
  • Tagalog: “Beni, Demokratikong Republika ng Congo”
  • Tamil: “பெனி”
  • Telugu: “బెని”
  • Thai: “เบนิ”
  • Turkish: “Beni”
  • Ukrainian: “Бені”
  • Urdu: “بینی، جمہوری جمہوریہ کانگو”
  • Vietnamese: “Beni”
  • Zulu: “Beni, Khongo-Kinshasa”
  • “Beni”

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