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Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kindu is a regional capital of 234,651 people in Maniema, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Why visit Kindu
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 1 park or trail, 1 place to eat, 2 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Weather in Kindu
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About Kindu
Kindu is a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the capital of Maniema province. It has a population of about 200,000 and is situated on the Lualaba River at an altitude of about 500 metres, and is about 400 km west of Bukavu.
From the Wikipedia article Kindu (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Museums and landmarks1
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes1
History
The town was an important centre for ivory, gold and the slave trade during the nineteenth century. Arab-Swahili slave traders were based here from about 1860 and sent caravans overland to Zanzibar.
Henry Morton Stanley came upon "this remarkable town" on 5 Dec. 1876, describing it as "remarkably long" with a "broad street, thirty feet wide, and two miles in length" and "behind the village were the banana and the palm groves."
In November 1961, during the Congo Crisis, the Kindu atrocity took place in Kindu. During the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko Kindu was also the capital of the former Maniema subregion of Kivu region.
From the History section of Kindu on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay2
Shopping1
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries10
Healthcare3
Map of Kindu
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Getting there and nearby towns
Kindu Airport (KND) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 3 km away.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Street in Kindu, Radio Okapi, CC BY 2.0
- Festivities in Kindu 001, Nicolas G. Mertens, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kindu (1871989484), Julien Harneis from Maiduguri, Nigeria, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rusting Congo River vessels in Kindu -a, Julien Harneis from Conakry, Guinea, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Pirogues on the Congo River -a, Julien Harneis from Conakry, Guinea, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Crossing the Congo, Julien Harneis, CC BY-SA 2.0
- WIKI4, Université Mapon, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS022-E-51486 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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