Basankusu is a town in Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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18 Facts About Basankusu
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Name Basankusu is said to have been misunderstood by its European explorers and colonisers, who lacked knowledge of the local language.
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The Mongo group that founded Basankusu were the Okutsu; their descendants were called the Basaa Okutsu, meaning the "children of the Okutsu".
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Basankusu was the first trading post of the Abir Congo Company along the Congo River from Kinshasa, the capital of the Congo.
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The reforms that followed the Casement Report, including those that concerned ABIR at Basankusu, set the foundation for the colonial Belgian state of Congo.
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On Sunday, October 21,2018, ten bishops and a hundred priests concelebrated Mass at which Bishop Joseph Mokobe, Bishop of Basankusu, presided, for the inauguration of the newly rebuilt cathedral.
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Basankusu is situated on the Lulonga River, a tributary of the Congo, at the confluence of the Lopori and Maringa Rivers.
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Basankusu is a centre for palm oil production and treatment.
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Roads within Basankusu are non-metalled and prone to erosion from the frequent, torrential downpours.
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People of Basankusu usually keep vegetable gardens away from the town itself.
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Dominant people of Basankusu are the Mongo; therefore, the Bantu language Lomongo, which carries with it many Mongo beliefs and customs through its proverbs and sayings, is spoken as a first language by most people.
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Basankusu is fortunate for having a good underground water supply and many houses have on-site water hand pumps.
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Basankusu has grown rapidly since the recent national troubles of the two Congo Wars.
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In 2010, Basankusu served as a base for an expedition to collect breeding stock for the American market.
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Basankusu was captured by the Movement for the Liberation of Congo on 29 November 1999, in a takeover that happened very quickly with no civilian casualties.
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Basankusu was the first place for an occurrence of monkeypox in humans to be recorded.
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Basankusu is an important staging post for conservation projects, for example, those relating to the bonobo.
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Basankusu woman celebrates being connected to the outside world by mobile phone with a phone call to relatives in Kinshasa.
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