Luebo | |
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 Luebo Mission | |
  Luebo Location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| Coordinates:5°21′S21°25′E / 5.350°S 21.417°E /-5.350; 21.417 | |
| Country |  DR Congo |
| Province | Kasai |
| Territory | Luebo |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 40,115 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (Central Africa Time) |
Luebo orLwebo is a town (officially acommune) ofKasai Province in south-centralDemocratic Republic of the Congo. It is also the seat of theterritory of the same name. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 40,115.[1]
The town was founded in November 1885 byLudwig Wolf and a group of other European colonists as an outpost of KingLeopold II of Belgium'sCongo Free State. The state used this outpost to claim the surrounding region, despite it already being inhabited, notably by the nearbyKuba Kingdom. The trading post was sold to the Sanford Exploring Expedition, an American company, in December 1886, and it was sold again to 1888 to theSociété anonyme belge pour le commerce du Haut-Congo. A mission was founded in the town three years later, byWilliam Henry Sheppard andSamuel Lapsley. In 1904 it again became property of the Congo Free State. In 1908, it was incorporated into theBelgian Congo.[2][3]
A bridge over theLulua River opened in the town in the late 1950s, shortly before the Democratic Republic of the Congo gained its independence.[2]
The town is on the N20 highway,[4] and is served byLuebo Airport.
| Climate data for Luebo, elevation 420 m (1,380 ft), (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.4 (86.7) | 30.7 (87.3) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.2 (86.4) | 29.7 (85.5) | 30.4 (86.7) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.4 (86.7) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.3 (86.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) | 21.1 (70.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.8 (71.2) | 19.8 (67.6) | 19.4 (66.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 20.8 (69.4) | 20.9 (69.6) | 21.2 (70.2) | 20.8 (69.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 161.0 (6.34) | 130.0 (5.12) | 191.0 (7.52) | 221.0 (8.70) | 117.0 (4.61) | 15.0 (0.59) | 18.0 (0.71) | 52.0 (2.05) | 160.0 (6.30) | 212.0 (8.35) | 247.0 (9.72) | 205.0 (8.07) | 1,729 (68.08) |
| Source:FAO[5] | |||||||||||||
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