Kitona

Kitona is a town of about 4,000 persons in the Kongo Central province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located to the southwest of the country along the Atlantic Ocean, about 190 miles southwest of the capital city of Kinshasa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Banana and Moanda.

Banana

Village

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Banana is a small seaport in the Kongo Central province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Atlantic coast. The port is situated in Banana Creek, an inlet about 1 km wide on the north bank of the Congo River's mouth, separated from the ocean by a spit of land 3 km long and 100 to 400 m wide. Banana is situated 7 km southwest of Kitona.

Moanda

Town

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Moanda or Muanda is a town and territory lying on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the mouth of the Congo River. It is situated in Kongo Central Province, and has a population of 90,812 as of 2012. Moanda is situated 9 km northwest of Kitona.

Kitona

Type: Locality
Description: town in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Category: human settlement
Location: Moanda, Bas-Congo Province, DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-5.96666° or 5° 58′ south

Longitude

12.45403° or 12° 27′ 15″ east

Elevation

115 metres (377 feet)

Open location code

6F6J2FM3+8J

GeoNames ID

2314107

Wikidata ID

Q2470770

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Zulu—“Kitona” goes by many names.

Chinese: “基托納”
Chinese: “基托纳”
Dutch: “Kitona”
French: “Kitona”
German: “Kitona”
Japanese: “キトーナ”
Korean: “키토나”
Lingala: “Kitona”
Romanian: “Kitona”
Russian: “Китона”
Spanish: “Kitona”
Swahili: “Kitona”
Zulu: “Kitona”

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