Bunia

Bunia is the capital city of Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It was part of the Orientale Province until that province's dissolution.

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Settlement.name: Bunia
Settlement.official_name: Ville de Bunia
Settlement.settlement_type: Provincial capital and city
Settlement.image_skyline: Bunia.JPG
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Bunia from the air, looking north toward the Nyakasanza district
Settlement.pushpin_map: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name

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Bunia is the capital city of Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It was part of the Orientale Province until that province's dissolution.

It lies at an elevation of on a plateau about west of Lake Albert in the Albertine Rift, and about east of the Ituri Rainforest.