Gungu
Gungu is a town in Kwilu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the capital of Gungu Territory as well as Gungu Sector. The town lies west of the Kwilu River and is situated between the streams Lukunia in the south-east and Kitembo in the north-west.- Town
- …lies at an elevation of around 740 metres (2,420 feet)
- Description: place in Kwilu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Latitude
-5.73817° or 5° 44′ 17″ south
Longitude
19.30781° or 19° 18′ 28″ east
Open location code
6F6X7865+P4
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Zulu—“Gungu” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gungu”
- Chinese: “刚古”
- Chinese: “剛古”
- Chinese: “貢古”
- Chinese: “贡古”
- Dutch: “Gungu”
- French: “Gungu”
- Japanese: “グング”
- Lingala: “Gungu .”
- Lingala: “Gungu (Kwilu) .”
- Romanian: “Gungu”
- Swahili: “Wilaya ya Gungu”
- Swedish: “Gungu”
- Zulu: “Gungu, Khongo-Kinshasa”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Zone de santé de gungu and Gungu Église.
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