title: Businga
text: # Businga
  
  Businga is a town in Nord-Ubangi Province of north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the administrative center of the territory of the same name. In 2009 it had an estimated population of 32,584.
  
  ## Topography
  
  Businga is located on the Mongala River, approximately 120 miles northeast of its confluence with the Congo River. 6 miles further to the east, the Mongala River bifurcates into the Ebola River to the north – the namesake of the deadly Ebola virus.
  
  