Aru

Demographic figures from INS DRC. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Aru is a town and the seat of Aru Territory in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2004 its population was estimated to be 26,290. Aru has a small airport but no public electricity grid as of 2010.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Ituri

• Ariwara
  20.9 mi away
• Mahagi
  40.3 mi away
• Nioka
  49.5 mi away
• Djugu
  68.9 mi away
• Mongbwalu
  83.4 mi away
• Pawa
  96.9 mi away
• Bunia
  98.1 mi away · pop. 366,126
• Tchomia
  100.7 mi away
• Kasenyi
  105 mi away
• Marabo
  113.5 mi away
• Irumu
  117.2 mi away
• Ndalya
  155.4 mi away

Browse all places in Ituri →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Dixeia orbona vidua

Dixeia orbona vidua

Seen 2025-01-02

Ornate African Water Snake

Grayia ornata

Seen 2024-01-06

Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle

Circaetus beaudouini

Seen 2023-09-28

Capys lorisona baronica

Capys lorisona baronica

Seen 2023-03-14

African Blue Pansy

Junonia orithya madagascariensis

Seen 2023-02-14

Eastern Patas Monkey

Erythrocebus patas pyrrhonotus

Seen 2022-08-30

Northern White-faced Owl

Ptilopsis leucotis

Seen 2022-01-24

African Angled Grass Yellow

Eurema desjardinsii regularis

Seen 2021-02-25

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).