Mukuku is a village in
Kwilu Province 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 ...
.
Location
Mukuku is in Gungu Territory, about southwest of the town of
Gungu
Gungu is a town in Kwilu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is the capital of Gungu Territory as well as Gungu Sector. The town lies west of the Kwilu River and is situated between the streams Lukunia in the south-east and Kitem ...
in Kwilu Province.
The
Köppen climate classification
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is Aw : Tropical savanna, wet.
Historical note
In 1931 there were widespread disturbances in the
Kwango District
Kwango District (french: District du Kwango, nl, District Kwango) was a district of the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It went through various changes in extent. It roughly corresponded to the present pro ...
of Congo-Kasaï, which the Ministry of Colonies later attributed to new administrative structures, availability of ''
Force Publique
The ''Force Publique'' (, "Public Force"; nl, Openbare Weermacht) was a gendarmerie and military force in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1885 (when the territory was known as the Congo Free State), through the period of ...
'' units and overreaction by administrators.
At Mukuku in August 1931 troops killed 56 people in a single encounter.
Word of the violence spread, and villagers fled before the columns reached them, leading to optimism among the authorities that the rebellion was calming down.
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Populated places in Kwilu Province