Baraka

Baraka, also known as Bala'a, is the main city and metropolitan center of the located in the in the eastern region of the .
Tap on a place
to explore it
  • Type: City
  • Description: town in the eastern Congolese province of Sud-Kivu on Lake Tanganyika
  • Also known as: Baraka, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Baraka

Latitude
-4.10561° or 4° 6′ 20″ south
Longitude
29.09507° or 29° 5′ 42″ east
Elevation
790 metres (2,592 feet)
Open location code
6G7FV3VW+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 617136931
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
219488
Wiki­data ID
Q2883771
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Baraka from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Baraka” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: باراكا
  • Bengali: বারাকা
  • Chinese: 巴拉卡
  • Danish: Baraka
  • Dutch: Baraka
  • Egyptian Arabic: باراكا
  • Esperanto: Baraka
  • Finnish: Baraka
  • French: Baraka (Congo-Kinshasa)
  • French: Baraka
  • Greek: Μπαράκα
  • Gujarati: બારાક
  • Hindi: बराका
  • Indonesian: Baraka
  • Italian: Baraka
  • Japanese: バラカ
  • Kannada: ಬರಾಕಾ
  • Korean: 바라카
  • Latvian: Baraka
  • Lingala: Baraka (Kongo-Kisàsa)
  • Lingala: Baraka
  • Lithuanian: Baraka
  • Malay: Baraka
  • Marathi: बाराक
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Baraka, Demokratiske republikken av Kongo
  • Polish: Baraka
  • Portuguese: Baraka (República Democrática do Kongo)
  • Russian: Барака
  • Sinhala: බාරකා
  • Spanish: Baraka
  • Swahili: Baraka
  • Swedish: Baraka
  • Tamil: பரக்கா
  • Telugu: బరకా
  • Thai: บารากะ
  • Turkish: Barak
  • Ukrainian: Барака
  • Urdu: باراکا
  • Vietnamese: Baraka
  • Zulu: Baraka, Khongo-Kinshasa

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Baraka”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Aebaz 2 and Aebaz 1.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Marché Aebaz and Église Méthodiste Libre.

DR Congo: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Virunga National Park, and Goma.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Baraka”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.