Dibaya | |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Kasai-Central |
Subdivision Type2: | Territory |
Subdivision Name2: | Dibaya |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Total: | 5213 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Central Africa Time |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | -6.5°N 78°W |
Dibaya is a small town in Kasai-Central province of southern Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 5,213.[1] Dibaya has an airport with regular flights to Kinshasa, Kikwit and Angola.
As a result of the Kasaï-Central clashes, between February 9, 2017 and February 13, 2017, 101 Kamwina Nsapu militia members were killed by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Dibaya.[2]