Gakoro

Gakoro is a village in , , and has about 510 residents. Gakoro is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bunagana and Bunagana.

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is at the far western edge of the region of the , just over the border from a tranquil and hard-working region of . As of October 2022, it was under the control of the March 23 Movement rebel militia.

Village
is a town in the of . It sits across the international border from the similarly named town of .

The township of only has about 18,000 inhabitants living in the town proper, but there are more than a quarter of a million in its district, mostly eking out a living as subsistence farmers on low incomes.

Gakoro

Latitude
-1.30861° or 1° 18′ 31″ south
Longitude
29.61101° or 29° 36′ 40″ east
Population
510
Open location code
6GCFMJR6+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6776870274
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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