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Coordinates: 4°20′51″N19°37′33″E / 4.3475°N 19.6257°E Coordinates: 4°20′51″N19°37′33″E / 4.3475°N 19.6257°E | |
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Province | Nord-Ubangi |
Territory | Bosobolo |
Time zone | UTC+1 (West Africa Time) |
Lombo is a community in the Bosobolo territory of Nord-Ubangi province in the extreme northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] It is served by the small Lombo Airport. [2]
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The Turumbu people live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mostly in the Isangi Territory of the Tshopo District on both sides of the Congo River. They speak the Lombo language. As of 1971 their population was estimated to be 10,000. A more recent estimate put the population at 32,000.
The Lombo language is in the Kele language group of Bantu languages. It is spoken by the Turumbu people of the Tshopo District, Isangi Territory, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Lombo may refer to
Lombo Airport was an airstrip serving Lombo, a hamlet in the Nord-Ubangi Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Dekese is a community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the right bank of the Lukenie River. It is the administrative center of the Dekese territory of Kasai province.
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