Aru
Aru is a town and the seat of Aru Territory in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2004 its population was estimated to be 26,290. Aru has a small airport but no public electricity grid as of 2010.
- Type: Town with 45,500 residents
- Description: place in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Also known as: “Aru, Democratic Republic of the Congo”
Aru
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Aru Territory, Ituri, DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
2.85944° or 2° 51′ 34″ north
Longitude
30.82417° or 30° 49′ 27″ east
Population
45,500
Elevation
1,350 metres (4,429 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CD ARU
Open location code
6GJGVR5F+QM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Zulu—“Aru” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿魯”
- Dutch: “Aru, Democratic Republic of the Congo”
- Dutch: “Aru”
- French: “Aru”
- Polish: “Aru”
- Romanian: “Aru”
- Russian: “Ару (город)”
- Russian: “Ару”
- Zulu: “Aru, Khongo-Kinshasa”
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