Banana

Banana is a small seaport in the province of the on the Atlantic coast. The port is situated in Banana Creek, an inlet about 1 km wide on the north bank of the 's mouth, separated from the ocean by a spit of land 3 km long and 100 to 400 m wide.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: small seaport in Bas-Congo province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Also known as: “Banana (città)”, “Banana (RDC)”, “Banana (Republique democratique du Congo)”, “Banana (république démocratique du congo)”, “Banana (République Démocratique Du Congo)”, “Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo”, “Banana, republica democrată congo”, “Banane”, and “Porto de Banana”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Banana Harbor.

Photo: Mamadoudiallo26, CC0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moanda.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
or Muanda is a town and territory lying on the… is situated 9 km north of Banana.

Banana

Latitude
-6.00627° or 6° 0′ 23″ south
Longitude
12.40028° or 12° 24′ 1″ east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CD BNW
Open location code
6F5JXCV2+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6315887155
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2317418
Wiki­data ID
Q806082
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zulu—“Banana” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Banana”
  • Catalan: “Banana”
  • Cebuano: “Banana”
  • Chinese: “巴纳纳”
  • Dutch: “Banana”
  • Finnish: “Banana (Kongo)”
  • Finnish: “Banana”
  • French: “Banana”
  • Fulah: “Banana”
  • Georgian: “ბანანა”
  • German: “Banana”
  • Italian: “Banana”
  • Japanese: “バナナ”
  • Kikuyu: “Mbanana, Democratic Republic of the Congo”
  • Kongo: “Banana”
  • Lingala: “Banána”
  • Lithuanian: “Banana”
  • Mingrelian: “ბანანა”
  • Polish: “Banana”
  • Portuguese: “Banana”
  • Romanian: “Banana, Republica Democrată Congo”
  • Russian: “Банана”
  • Serbian: “Банана”
  • Spanish: “Banana”
  • Swahili: “Banana”
  • Swedish: “Banana”
  • Tagalog: “Banana, Demokratikong Republika ng Congo”
  • Ukrainian: “Банана”
  • Urdu: “بنانا، جمہوری جمہوریہ کانگو”
  • Vietnamese: “Banana, Cộng hòa Dân chủ Congo”
  • Zulu: “Banana, Khongo-Kinshasa”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Village Lemvo and Village Kilomètre 5.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Port SCTP de Banana and ENA RDC OUEST COMMUNAUTÉ OCEAN.

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