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Lake Upemba

Lake in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Summary

Lake in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Field	Value
name	Lake Upemba
Lac Upemba
Upembameer
image	Lake Upemba STS057-104-62.jpg
location	Bukama, Haut-Lomami Province
coords
basin_countries	Democratic Republic of the Congo
islands	(floating islands, Mitala Island)
pushpin_map	Democratic Republic of the Congo#Africa
pushpin_map_alt	Location of Lake Upemba in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Lac Upemba Upembameer | max-depth = Lake Upemba (French: Lac Upemba; Dutch: Upembameer) is a lake in Bukama, Haut-Lomami Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It, and nearby Lake Kisale, is surrounded by the Upemba Depression in Upemba National Park. The nearest town is Nyonga, and the nearest hospital is located four hours away in Kikondja.

The floating islands in the lake, such Mitala Island, are also the site of an informal refugee settlement that resulted from the fighting between Mai-Mai rebels and government troops since 2006.

References

[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5222182 ''Congo Refugees Find Shelter on Islands''] - NPR
[http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=58122 DRC: The peculiar terror that is northern Katanga] - IRINnews
[http://www.msf.org.au/stories/twfeature/2006/110-twf.shtml DRC/Katanga: The Stranded people of Lake Upemba] {{webarchive. link. (2008-07-27)

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