Lokandu
Place in Maniema, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Lokandu is a community in Maniema Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Lualaba River downstream from Kindu.
National languageSwahili
Lokandu | |
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 Lokandu | |
| Coordinates: 2.53161°S 25.761395°E | |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Province | Maniema |
| Territory | Kailo |
| National language | Swahili |
Henry Morton Stanley refers to it as "the frontier village of Manyema, which is called Riba-Riba."[1]: 60
The town was formerly called Riba Riba, when it was burned down in 1893 by a force led by Louis Napoléon Chaltin striking overland from Bena-Kamba. After being rebuilt, it took its present name.[2]
