Yambuku
Yambuku, a compact village in northern DR Congo's Mongala Province, is known historically as the site of the first documented Ebola outbreak, in 1976, when the World Health Organization identified a local man as the index case. The village has a Catholic mission dedicated to Saint Walburge, a primary school, and a reference hospital — the same hospital that was at the centre of the 1976 epidemic.
Description drafted with AI from public sources such as Wikipedia and OpenStreetMap. How this works
- Nearest water from center 4.8 km3.0 mi
Nearest airports
Yambuku: quick answers
Where is Yambuku?
Yambuku is in Congo - Kinshasa.
How do you get to Yambuku?
The nearest airport is Bumba (BMB), about 1 hr 50 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Yambuku?
The warmest month is February, averaging 27°C80°F across day and night; the coolest is August, at 24°C75°F. The wettest month is October, with about 191 mm7.5 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)