Yumbi

{{Infobox settlement  | name = Yumbi | native_name = | native_name_lang =  | settlement_type = Territory | image_skyline = Yumbiviolence.png | image_alt = | image_caption = Destroyed buildings in Yumbi | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Democratic Republic of the Congo | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|1.900458|S|16.558628|E|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|DR Congo}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Mai-Ndombe | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = Yumbi | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | blank_name_sec1 = National language | blank_info_sec1 = Lingala | timezone1 = WAT | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Yumbi''' is a town and territory of Mai-Ndombe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies on the eastern bank of the Congo River between Bolobo and Lukolela.<ref>National Geographic Atlas of the World: Revised Sixth Edition, National Geographic Society, 1992</ref> The town of Yumbi is the headquarters of Yumbi Territory and has a population of approximately 30,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rgc.cd/doctech/UNDP-GIS-25_RDC_administratif.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401040116/http://rgc.cd/doctech/UNDP-GIS-25_RDC_administratif.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-04-01 |title=Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo |publisher=UNOCHA and PNUD |first=X. |last=Blaes |date=October 2008 |access-date=2011-11-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=41502 |website=www.irinnews.org |title=DRC: Experts revise figures on Yumbi tornado - only 17 dead |publisher=IRIN |date=10 February 2003 |access-date=2012-02-04}}</ref>

On February 2, 2003 a tornado killed 17 people in and near the town. Over 4,000 people were injured, 217 seriously.<ref name="IRIN DRC 1">{{Cite web| url = http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=41502| title = DRC: Experts revise figures on Yumbi tornado - only 17 dead| access-date = 2009-01-14| author = United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs| date = 2003-02-10| publisher = IRIN news}}</ref><ref name="IRIN DRC 41455">{{Cite web| url = http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=41455| title = DRC: Tornado toll rises to 164 dead, 1,702 injured| access-date = 2009-01-14| author = United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs| date = 2003-02-06| publisher = IRIN news}}</ref>

==2018 massacre== {{main|2018 Yumbi violence}} Between December 16 and 18, 2018, at least 890 people were killed in four villages of the territory, as reported by the UNHCR.<ref name="Radio Okapi">{{Cite web| url = https://www.radiookapi.net/2019/01/21/actualite/societe/rdc-des-deplaces-en-detresse-sur-les-ilots-de-yumbi-forfa| title = DRC: Desperate displaced persons on Yumbi islands| access-date = 2019-01-25| author = Radio Okapi| date = 2019-01-21| publisher = Radio Okapi}}</ref> Around 465 houses and buildings were burned or looted, including two primary schools, two health centres, one market and the local Independent National Electoral Commission office. The motives of this massacre remain unclear but the UN hints to "clashes between Banunu and Batende communities". The real figure of people that were killed remains unknown because "there are most probably corpses that were thrown away in the river, and people that died in their burning homes."<ref name="RFI">{{Cite web| url = https://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20190116-rdc-moins-890-morts-yumbi-selon-onu| title = DRC: UN reports at least 890 dead in Yumbi in December | access-date = 2019-01-25| author = Radio France Internationale| date = 2019-01-16| publisher = Radio France Internationale}}</ref>

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Category:Populated places in Mai-Ndombe Province