Yatolema

Yatolema
Yatolema
Coordinates: 0°24′47″N 24°32′09″E / 0.413185°N 24.535818°ECoordinates: 0°24′47″N 24°32′09″E / 0.413185°N 24.535818°E
Country Democratic Republic of Congo
Province Orientale Province
District Tshopo District
Territory Opala Territory
Climate Af
National language Swahili

Yatolema is a village in the Opala Territory of Tshopo District, Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is on the N7 road which connects it to Kisangani to the east.[1] Yatolema is about 58 miles (93 km) from Kisangani. It has a weekly market where local people can exchange goods with traders from the city.[2] The village serves the surrounding area with a rural health center.[3]

References

  1. "Carte des Districts et Territoires de l'ORIENTALE". Reliefweb. October 2002. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  2. Jonathan Kwitny (1986). Endless enemies: the making of an unfriendly world. Penguin Books. p. 39.
  3. Nancy Rose Hunt (1999). A colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo. Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-2366-4.