Kalima is a town in

Maniema Maniema Province (''Jimbo la Maniema'', in Swahili) is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Kindu. The 2020 population was estimated to be 2,856,300. Toponymy Henry Morton Stanley explored the area ...

Province, Congo. It is situated northeast of the provincial capital

Kindu Kindu is a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the capital of Maniema province. It has a population of about 200,000 and is situated on the Lualaba River at an altitude of about 500 metres, and is about 400 km west of Bukavu. Kindu is ...

, between the

Ulindi River The Ulindi River () is a tributary of the Lualaba River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). There is a proposal to build a hydroelectric power plant on the river to power a gold mining project. Location The river rises in the east of ...

and the

Elila River The Elila River () is a tributary of the Lualaba River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It rises in Mwenga Territory of Sud-Kivu Province and flows west through Shabunda Territory and then Pangi Territory in Maniema Province, entering the L ...

, at an altitude of 2797 ft (852 m). The economic activity of Kalima and the surrounding area includes

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. In 2003 the town saw attacks by the

Mai-Mai The term Mai-Mai or Mayi-Mayi refers to any kind of community-based militia group active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that is formed to defend local communities and territory against other armed groups. Most were formed to resis ...

militias. Kalima has a hospital and is served by Kalima Airport.flights.ticketcomps.com
/ref> As of 2012, it had an estimated population of 48,337. It is the see city of the Anglican Diocese of Kalima in the

Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo The Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo (French: Province de l'Église anglicane du Congo) is a province of the Anglican Communion, stretching over the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo. History Formal Anglica ...

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{{Maniema Populated places in Maniema