Etoumbi

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title: "Etoumbi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-republic-of-the-congo"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-republic-of-the-congo" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etoumbi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
official_name	Etoumbi
native_name
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pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_map_caption	Location in the Republic of the Congo
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	[[Image:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg
subdivision_type1	Department
subdivision_name1	Cuvette-Ouest
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Etoumbi
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Imperial
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2023
population_footnotes
population_total	10,631
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
coordinates
elevation_footnotes	tags--
elevation_ft
postal_code_type
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Etoumbi is a town in the Cuvette-Ouest department of northwestern Republic of the Congo. It is the seat of the Etoumbi District. Most of its residents make their living hunting in the local forest.

Etoumbi has been the site of four recent outbreaks of the Ebola virus, believed to have sparked by local villagers eating the flesh of animals that are found dead in the forest. In 2003, 120 people died in an outbreak. An outbreak in May 2005 led to the quarantine of the town.

References

References

1. "Congo (Rep.): Departments, Major Cities & Urban Localities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".

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