Kirungu is a town located in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
in
Tanganyika province. It is inland from
Moba port, the administrative center of
Moba Territory.
Kirungu was formerly called Baudouinville (or Boudewijnstad in
Dutch), and was the site of a
White Fathers mission founded in 1893 by Father
Victor Roelens
Victor Roelens (° Ardooie, 21 July 1858 - † Boudewijnstad, 5 August 1947) was a Belgian priest who became Vicar Apostolic of Upper Congo in 1895, and remained the premier bishop in the Congo Free State, then the Belgian Congo, until he retired ...
.
The
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu ( la, Kalemien(sis) – Kirunguen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Kalemie– Kirungu in the Ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
History
* Janu ...
is based in Kirunga and
Kalemie, to the north.
Geography
Kirungu is situated a few kilometers from the western shore of the southern part of
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. ...
, south-east of
Kalemie, to which it is linked by regular boat services. It is on a plateau above the lake and 5 km from Moba. The town lies along
National Highway 34 which connects it to the jetty in Moba and to the north-south running
National Highway 5 in the west.
Kirungu lies just south of the
Mulobozi river. The
Marungu highlands
The Marungu highlands are in the Tanganyika Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the west of the southern half of Lake Tanganyika.
Location
The highlands are divided by the Mulobozi River, which flow into the lake just north of ...
, a range of steep rugged hills, rises behind the town, bisected by the Mulobozi. The smaller northern section rises to an elevation of about , and the larger southern section to about .
Notable landmarks
The town contains the
Stade du Kirungu, the
Radio Communautaire de Moba headquarters and the
Hopital de Reference Kirungu.
References
Populated places in Tanganyika Province
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