About Luila Village
Geographically, Luila village is located in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the Bas Congo province, district of
Lukaya, territory of Kasangulu and sector of Luila. It is on the Nationale
Numero 1 between two cities: Kinshasa and Matadi. Precisely Luila is
located:
290 km from Matadi (main sea port of the country)
75 km from Kinshasa (capital city of the DRC).
It shares its borders with Kiyasi village in the North;
Kinseki 2 village in the South;
Zamba village in the East, and Kitoko village in the West.
Administratively, this village is the county seat of
the sector of Luila, composed of 230 villages, regrouped in 11 regions. It
is an important market place where people meet every Friday to purchase
Agricultural, manufactured, and other products.
Luila village’s area is 1,462.32 km2 with a population
of 15,000 inhabitants. Its
demographic growth rate averages 3%. All that population is rural, mainly
living of traditional agriculture. Demographically,
this village is permanently growing, due to emigration. It gives the
impression of a growing new big city.
