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15-487: According to the Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, in 2002 it was "home to over a million people. The administrative centre, Shabunda, is nearly 3,000 km from the capital, Kinshasa. There are no postal services and no radio. Only landing strips keep the territory from being completely cut off". It is possible to access Shabunda by motorbike from Kindu but it is a two day trip. In June 1997 reports surfaced of

30-626: A massacre of refugees in February that year at a bridge over the Ulindi River just north of the town of Shabunda. The refugees included unarmed civilians and armed Hutu fighters who had been involved in the 1994 massacre of Tutsis in Rwanda. They were attacked by Rwandan Tutsi troops who were fighting with the rebel forces of Laurent Kabila to overthrow the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko . Witnesses said that hundreds of people were killed. In 2022 water supply

45-619: A short dry season in June and July. Lualaba River The Lualaba River ( Kongo : Nzâdi Luâlâmba , Swahili : Mto Lualamba ) flows entirely within the eastern part of Democratic Republic of the Congo . It provides the greatest streamflow to the Congo River , while the source of the Congo is recognized as the Chambeshi . The Lualaba is 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) long. Its headwaters are in

60-510: Is served by Kindu Airport . Most of the goods coming to town come from Goma , Bukavu and Kinshasa by air. It is also the northern terminus of the Congo Railway line which connects it to Lubumbashi among other destinations. Goods from Kisangani or further must change from ship to train and vice versa a couple of times to reach Lubumbashi. There is also a port in Kindu which is located on

75-455: Is situated on the Lualaba River at an altitude of about 500 metres, and is about 400 km west of Bukavu . Kindu is linked by rail to the mining areas of Kalemie , Kamina and Kananga to the south. It also has an airport with a 2,200 metre runway and has historically been an important port along the Congo River system. The town was an important centre for the ivory , gold and

90-575: The Boyoma Falls at Ubundu , the stream is navigable again for more than 300 kilometres. The Boyoma Falls or Stanley Falls are made up of seven cataracts, over a stretch of 100 kilometres (62 mi) of the river, between Ubundu and Kisangani. The river's end is marked after the seventh cataract, near Kisangani , where it becomes the Congo River. The Lualaba River serves as the northern and western boundary of Upemba National Park , protecting habitats on

105-552: The Congo Crisis , the Kindu atrocity took place in Kindu. During the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko Kindu was also the capital of the former Maniema subregion of Kivu region . Kindu is located 2°57′S, 25°55′E at an elevation of approximately 1500 ft (450 m) above sea level. The city's population is estimated at between 140,000 and 200,000 residents. As with the rest of Congo, the vast majority adhere to Christianity. Just under half of

120-682: The Kibara Plateau in Katanga Province of the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The largest tributaries of the Lualaba River are: Cities and towns along and near the Lualaba River include: The Lualaba River was once considered a possible source of the Nile , until Henry Morton Stanley journeyed down it and proved that it drained into the Atlantic Ocean . Stanley referred to it as

135-419: The slave trade during the nineteenth century. Arab - Swahili slave traders were based here from about 1860 and sent caravans overland to Zanzibar . Henry Morton Stanley came upon "this remarkable town" on 5 Dec. 1876, describing it as "remarkably long" with a "broad street, thirty feet wide, and two miles in length" and "behind the village were the banana and the palm groves." In November 1961, during

150-639: The country's far southeastern corner near Musofi and Lubumbashi in Katanga Province , next to the Zambian Copperbelt . The source of the Lualaba River is on the Katanga plateau , at an elevation of 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) above sea level. The river flows northward to end near Kisangani , where the name Congo River officially begins. From the Katanga plateau it drops, with waterfalls and rapids marking

165-636: The descent, to the Manika plateau. As it descends through the upper Upemba Depression (Kamalondo Trough), 457 metres (1,499 ft) in 72 kilometres (45 mi). Near Nzilo Falls it is dammed for hydroelectric power at the Nzilo Dam . At Bukama in Haut-Lomami District the river becomes navigable for about 640 kilometres (400 mi) through a series of marshy lakes in the lower Upemba Depression , including Lake Upemba and Lake Kisale . Ankoro lies on

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180-494: The population is Catholic. Slightly under 10% of the population are Anglican and there is also a small Muslim community in the city. The main economic activity in Maniema Province is mining. Diamonds , copper , gold and cobalt are mined outside of Kindu. There is also a market in Kindu as well as shops throughout the town. Kindu is the provincial capital and is home to the provincial assembly and ministries. Kindu

195-543: The west bank of the Lualaba River, opposite its confluence with the Luvua River from the east. Some geographers call the combined river below this point the "Upper Congo". Below Kongolo , the river becomes unnavigable as it enters the narrow gorge of Portes d'Enfer ( Gates of Hell ). Between Kasongo and Kibombo, the river is navigable for about 100 kilometres (62 mi), before rapids make it unnavigable again between Kibombo and Kindu ( Port-Empain ). From Kindu up to

210-493: The western bank of the Lualaba River . Kindu lies along National Road 31 (N31) as well as Primary Regional Road 508 (R508). Roads in Maniema Province are unsurfaced and in a generally poor condition. The town has primary and secondary education facilities. The University of Kindu is also located in the city. Kindu has a tropical savanna climate ( Köppen Aw ) bordering upon a tropical monsoon climate ( Am ) with

225-547: Was established in the centre of Shabunda. There had been no water supply there for 100 years. Shabunda Territory is represented in the National Assembly by two deputies: 02°42′S 27°21′E  /  2.700°S 27.350°E  / -2.700; 27.350 Kindu Kindu is a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo , the capital of Maniema province. It has a population of about 200,000 and

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