Yambuku
Sign in to saveYambuku is a small village in Mongala Province in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was the center of the first documented outbreak of Ebola virus disease, in 1976, with the World Health Organization identifying a man from Yambuku as the index case. It is northeast of the capital city of Kinshasa.
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Place details
- Locality
- Yambuku
- Region
- Mongala
- Country
- République démocratique du Congo
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Yambuku
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Community portrait of Yambuku, Zaire -- 1976.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mongala
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Territory
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bumba
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Sector
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Yandongi
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Grouping
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Yambuku
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Located in
- Bumba
- Elevation
- 447
- Image
- Community portrait of Yambuku, Zaire -- 1976.jpg
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Yambuku is a small village in Mongala Province in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was the center of the first documented outbreak of Ebola virus disease, in 1976, with the World Health Organization identifying a man from Yambuku as the index case. It is northeast of the capital city of Kinshasa.
During the 1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak, the village had no running water or electricity. The village had a hospital but no radio, phone, or ambulances, and communication was only by motorbike messenger.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yambuku” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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