Lodja
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Lodja is a remote town in the Sankuru (formerly Kasaï-Oriental) province in central Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is serviced by the Lodja Airport which is about from town. Lodja is a hub for both rice production in the province and diamond mining in the country. Lodja is and has been home to many Tetela.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lodja
- Region
- Sankuru
- Country
- République démocratique du Congo
- Population
- 91,409
- Timezone
- Africa/Lubumbashi
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lodja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2016
- Settlement.population_total
- 68,244
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
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- PHOTO DU JOUR DU JEUDI 8 AOUT 2019 - Mission d'évaluation de la MONUSCO à Lodja, Sankuru.jpg
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Lodja is a remote town in the Sankuru (formerly Kasaï-Oriental) province in central Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is serviced by the Lodja Airport which is about from town. Lodja is a hub for both rice production in the province and diamond mining in the country. Lodja is and has been home to many Tetela.
==History== Lodja Hospital was built in the 1950s by Belgian colonizers but was abandoned unfinished when the Republic of the Congo declared independence in 1960. The town was captured by rebel forces during the Second Congo War in April 1999 but returned to Congolese rule by January 2000.
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