Buta
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Key facts
- Country
- DR Congo
- Province
- Bas-Uele
- Communes
- Babade, Dobea, Finant, Tepatondele
- Mayor
- Madeleine Azevedo
- Total
- 55,313
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( Central Africa Time )
- Climate
- Aw
- National language
- Lingala
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Located in
- Bas-Uele
- Population
- 48000
- Elevation
- 400
- Capital of
- Bas-Uele
- Image
- CH-NB - Belgisch-Kongo, Buta- Alltagsszene - Annemarie Schwarzenbach - SLA-Schwarzenbach-A-5-25-156.jpg
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- Buta
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Encyclopedic overview
Buta is a city in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, lying on the Rubi River, a tributary of the Itimbiri River. It is the capital of Bas-Uele province. As of 2012, it had an estimated population of 55,313.
It is home to the Buta Zega Airport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Buta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.