Bikoro
Bikoro is a market town in Équateur Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, lying on Lake Tumba, south of Mbandaka.
Bikoro | |
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Bikoro Location in Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| Coordinates: 0°45′S 18°07′E | |
| Country | DR Congo |
| Province | Équateur |
| Territory | Bikoro |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 7,426 |
It is the administrative center of Bikoro Territory. In 2012, the estimated population was 7,426.
Bikoro was the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bikoro (which started as a mission sui iuris in 1931) until its suppression in 1975.
In 2018, Bikoro was affected by an outbreak of Ebola virus disease, the ninth in the DRC's history.
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