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Lubutu
Sign in to saveLubutu is a town in Lubutu Territory, Maniema Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2012, it had an estimated population of 8,205. The town is a hub for collecting minerals mined in the area, but impassable roads are a significant obstacle to moving goods. In 2019 there was a protest of Mai-Mai Simba who stole some gold ore. At one point the town had a hospital run by Doctors without Borders, but by 2015 it had closed.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city_region, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Lubutu, and connects out to Democratic Republic of the Congo, geographic coordinate system and Doctors Without Borders International.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Maniema.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lubutu
- Region
- Maniema
- Country
- République démocratique du Congo
- Population
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Lubutu
- Country
- Congo Free State
- Located in
- Lubutu Territory
- Population
- 6621
- Area
- 27
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- Lubutu
- native label
- Lubutu
- inception
- 1905-00-00
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Lubutu is a town in Lubutu Territory, Maniema Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2012, it had an estimated population of 8,205. The town is a hub for collecting minerals mined in the area, but impassable roads are a significant obstacle to moving goods. In 2019 there was a protest of Mai-Mai Simba who stole some gold ore. At one point the town had a hospital run by Doctors without Borders, but by 2015 it had closed.
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lubutu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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