Bunkeya
Bunkeya is a community in the Lualaba Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on a huge plain near the Lufira River. Before the Belgian colonial conquest, Bunkeya was the center of a major trading state under the ruler Msiri.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: village in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Also known as: “Bukeya” and “Bunkeye”
Bunkeya
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-10.3965° or 10° 23′ 47″ southLongitude
26.96847° or 26° 58′ 7″ eastElevation
966 metres (3,169 feet)Open location code
5GX8JX39+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 663334936OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Bunkeya” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bunkeya”
- French: “Bunkeya”
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