Rumbek

Rumbek is the capital of in the region of . For a period from 2005, it also served as the administrative capital of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region.
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  • Type: City with 32,100 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “رمبيك (مدينة)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Family Cathedral and Rumbek Airport.

Church
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The or Cathedral of Rumbek, is a religious building belonging to the Roman Catholic Church is located in the town of Rumbek, capital of Lakes State, in the African country of , and that serves as the seat of the bishop of Rumbek.

Aerodrome
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is an airport in , near Rumbek, the capital of . The airport is served by several national airlines and by air charter service providers.

Rumbek

Latitude
6.8064° or 6° 48′ 23″ north
Longitude
29.6767° or 29° 40′ 36″ east
Population
32,100
Elevation
428 metres (1,404 feet)
IATA airport code
RBX
United Nations Location Code
SS RUM
Open location code
6GRFRM4G+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3275722461
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
367927
Wiki­data ID
Q607336
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Rumbek” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሩምቤክ”
  • Arabic: “رمبك”
  • Arabic: “رمبيك”
  • Asturian: “Rumbek”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rumbek”
  • Bengali: “রুমবেক”
  • Bengali: “রুম্বেক”
  • Bulgarian: “Румбек”
  • Catalan: “Rumbek”
  • Cebuano: “Rumbek”
  • Chinese: “伦拜克”
  • Chinese: “倫貝克”
  • Danish: “Rumbek”
  • Dutch: “Rumbek”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “رمبيك”
  • Esperanto: “Rumbek”
  • Finnish: “Rumbek”
  • French: “Rumbek”
  • Georgian: “რუმბეკი”
  • German: “Rumbek”
  • German: “Rumbik”
  • Greek: “Ρούμπεκ”
  • Gujarati: “રમ્બેક”
  • Hausa: “Rumbek”
  • Hebrew: “רומבק”
  • Hindi: “रुम्बेक”
  • Hungarian: “Rumbek”
  • Indonesian: “Rumbek”
  • Italian: “Rumbek”
  • Japanese: “ルンベク”
  • Javanese: “Rumbek”
  • Kannada: “ರುಮ್ಬೆಕ್”
  • Kazakh: “Румбек”
  • Kirghiz: “Румбек”
  • Korean: “룸베크”
  • Latvian: “Rumbeka”
  • Lithuanian: “Rumbekas”
  • Malay: “Rumbek”
  • Marathi: “रुमबिक”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rumbek”
  • Norwegian: “Rumbek”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rumbek”
  • Oromo: “Rumbek”
  • Panjabi: “ਰੁਮਬੇਕ”
  • Persian: “رومبک”
  • Polish: “Rumbek”
  • Portuguese: “Rumbek”
  • Portuguese: “Rumbeque”
  • Pushto: “رمبیک”
  • Romanian: “Rumbek”
  • Russian: “Румбек”
  • Russian: “Румбеке”
  • Serbian: “Румбек”
  • Sinhala: “රුම්බෙක්”
  • Somali: “Rumbek”
  • Spanish: “Rumbek”
  • Swahili: “Rumbek”
  • Swedish: “Rumbek”
  • Tajik: “Румбек”
  • Tamil: “றும்பேக்”
  • Tatar: “Румбек”
  • Telugu: “రుంబెక్”
  • Thai: “รัมเบค”
  • Turkish: “Rumbek”
  • Ukrainian: “Румбек”
  • Urdu: “رمبک”
  • Uzbek: “Rumbek”
  • Vietnamese: “Rumbek”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rumbek”
  • Zulu: “Rumbek”

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