Bikoro is a
market town
A market town is a Human settlement, settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular marketplace, market; this distinguished it from a village or ...
in
Équateur Province in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
, lying on
Lake Tumba, south of
Mbandaka
Mbandaka (, formerly known as Coquilhatville in French language, French, or Coquilhatstad in Dutch language, Dutch) is a city on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo located near the confluence of the Congo River, Congo and Ruki Riv ...
.
It is the administrative center of
Bikoro Territory
Bikoro Territory is an administrative area in Équateur District of Équateur province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The headquarters is the town of Bikoro. The territory lies to the south of the provincial capital of Mbandaka. It is ...
.
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
A mission '' sui iuris'', or in Latin ''missio sui iuris'' (plural ''missions sui iuris''); also spelled mission(s) sui juris), also known as an independent mission, is a rare type of Roman Catholic missionary pseudo-diocesan jurisdiction, rank ...
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.
Trivia
There is an airfield called Bikoro Airport found in official registers with the ICAO-Code FZBC. Bikoro never had an airport as various old maps and aeronautical charts confirm. It is instead served by the airfield of
Yembe-Moke (FZEM) located 7 miles north-east of the town.
Additionally, the third letter "B" in the code indicates that the airport is located the former province of Bandundu. Bikoro is located in the former province of Equateur. It is therefore assumed that FZBC is actually the ICAO code intended for
Bokoro airport that has been wrongly assigned due to a spelling error.
References
Populated places in the province of Équateur
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