City profile · DR Congo · Africa
Lusambo
Sankuru · DR Congo
City population
49,376
#82
in DR Congo
#2
in Sankuru
#11,564
worldwide
-4.975, 23.444 · 904 km from Kinshasa
About Lusambo
Lusambo is a city in Sankuru, DR Congo with a population of 49,376. It is the 82nd largest of the 114 cities of 15,000 or more listed in DR Congo, and the 11,564th largest worldwide. It lies 904 km from Kinshasa.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Sankuru
Rank in region
#2of 3
Elevation
432 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Lubumbashi
Coordinates
-4.975, 23.444
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 114 in DR CongoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.