Yambuku

Yambuku is a small village in in northern . It was the center of the first documented outbreak of Ebola virus disease, in 1976, with the World Health Organization identifying a man from Yambuku as the index case.
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Latitude
2.82478° or 2° 49′ 29″ north
Longitude
22.22438° or 22° 13′ 28″ east
Open location code
6GJ4R6FF+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1102158818
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8279649
Wiki­data ID
Q3501435

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Yambuku” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “亚布库”
  • Chinese: “扬布库”
  • Czech: “Yambuku”
  • Dutch: “Yambuku”
  • French: “Yambuku”
  • German: “Yambuku”
  • Japanese: “ヤンブク”
  • Macedonian: “Јамбуку”
  • Persian: “یامبوکو”
  • Polish: “Yambuku”
  • Portuguese: “Yambuku”
  • Romanian: “Yambuku”
  • Scots: “Yambuku”
  • Swahili: “Yambuku”
  • Swedish: “Yambuku”
  • Urdu: “یامبوکو”

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