Poko

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

Overview

Poko is a town and seat of Poko Territory, Bas-Uele Province, in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2012 it had an estimated population of 11,253 people. Poko lies along the N25 road, 132 kilometres by road northwest of Isiro and 25.8 kilometres northeast of Zongbaya. It lies on the Poko River.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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

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

African River Oyster

Etheria elliptica

Seen 2026-03-08

Cyclops roundleaf bat

Doryrhina cyclops

Seen 2026-03-08

Hammer-headed Fruit Bat

Hypsignathus monstrosus

Seen 2026-03-06

African Bush Viper

Atheris squamigera

Seen 2026-02-26

Eroded Hingeback Tortoise

Kinixys erosa

Seen 2026-02-24

Ornate African Water Snake

Grayia ornata

Seen 2026-02-17

Black Tree Snake

Thrasops jacksonii

Seen 2026-02-17

African Burrowing Python

Calabaria reinhardtii

Seen 2025-12-15

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