Katwa | |
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Coordinates: 0°06′N 29°19′E / 0.10°N 29.32°E | |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 63,422 [1] |
Katwa is a commune of Butembo [2] in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, north of Lake Edward and close to the border with Uganda. [3] As of 2012, it had an estimated population of 63,422 [1]
The town was seriously affected by the 2018–20 Kivu Ebola epidemic but a treatment centre set up by Médecins Sans Frontières was closed down in February 2019 after being attacked and partially burned, with one death. [4] In June 2019 the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom visited Katwa where he launched a new vaccination protocol. [5]
Katwa | |
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Coordinates: 0°06′N 29°19′E / 0.10°N 29.32°E | |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 63,422 [1] |
Katwa is a commune of Butembo [2] in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, north of Lake Edward and close to the border with Uganda. [3] As of 2012, it had an estimated population of 63,422 [1]
The town was seriously affected by the 2018–20 Kivu Ebola epidemic but a treatment centre set up by Médecins Sans Frontières was closed down in February 2019 after being attacked and partially burned, with one death. [4] In June 2019 the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom visited Katwa where he launched a new vaccination protocol. [5]