Lokandu | |
Pushpin Map: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Coordinates: | -2.5316°N 25.7614°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Maniema |
Subdivision Type2: | Territory |
Subdivision Name2: | Kailo |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | National language |
Blank Info Sec1: | Swahili |
Lokandu is a community in Maniema Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Lualaba River downstream from Kindu.
Henry Morton Stanley refers to it as "the frontier village of Manyema, which is called Riba-Riba."[1]
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]