Likati is a town in the

Aketi Territory Aketi Territory is a territory in the Bas-Uele Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The administrative capital is located at Aketi. The territory borders Bondo Territory to the north, Buta Territory to the east, Basoko Territory t ...

of Bas-Uélé Province in the north of 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 ...

(DRC).

Location

Likati is on the N4 road from Buta to Bondo. The

Likati River Likati River is a river of northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a tributary of the Itimbiri River. It flows through Aketi Territory in Bas-Uele District. It was referenced in Congo Shadows by John B. Franz. At Libongo, northwest of the tow ...

, a tributary of the

Rubi River The Rubi River (french: Rivière Rubi) is a left tributary of the Itimbiri River, which forms where the Rubi joins the Likati River. Course The Rubi River originates in the southeast of the Bas-Uélé province, then flows west until it meets the L ...

flows in a southerly direction past the east of the town.

Health

Likati was the site of an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in 2017. According to the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of ...

, it is situated in the remote, isolated and hard-to-reach northern part of DRC, with limited transport and communication networks.

Transport

Public transport

The

Vicicongo line Chemins de fer des Uele (Uele Railways or Vicicongo line) is a narrow-gauge line in the north east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was built between 1924 and 1937 as a portage railway bypassing Congo River rapids. Route The line runs ...

built by the '' Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo'' from Aketi via

Komba Komba is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Komba Claudius Gbamanja, Sierra Leonean politician from the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party * Samuel Komba Kambo, retired captain in the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces * K ...

reached Likati from the west on January 1, 1927. The line running north from Likati to Bondo via Libogo was opened in September the same year. The last train ran probably 2001.Fahrplan Center
Retrieved 2018-03-21.

Air transport

There is an

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...

with grass

landing strip According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concrete, o ...

, owned by the

Protestant Church Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

. Following OpenStreetMap, there is also a helicopter landing field on the football field in front of the Church of the town of Likati.

Road traffic

The RN4 crosses the town and district of Likati from north to south. West of Likati the RN4 crosses the

over a bridge.

Location

Health

Transport

Public transport

Air transport

Road traffic

References

Sources

See also