Yambuku


Yambuku is a small village in Mongala Province in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was the center of the first documented outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in 1976. It is northeast of the capital city of Kinshasa.
During the 1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak, the village had no running water or electricity. The village had a hospital but no radio, phone, or ambulances, and communication was done by motorbike messenger.