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Yumbi

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District
  
Plateaux District

National language
  
Lingala

Territory
  
Yumbi Territory

Province
  
Bandundu Province

Yumbi

Country
  
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Yumbi is a town and territory in Plateaux District of Bandundu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies on the eastern bank of the Congo River between Bolobo and Lukolela. Yumbi is the headquarters of the Yumbi Territory. Yumbi's population is approximately 30,000.

Map of Yumbi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

On 2 February 2003 a tornado killed 17 people in and near the town. Over 4,000 people were injured, 217 seriously.

References

Yumbi Wikipedia