Basankusu Territory
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Basankusu Territory is an administrative division of Équateur Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The headquarters is the town of Basankusu.{{cite web
|url=http://www.rgc.cd/doctech/UNDP-GIS-25_RDC_administratif.pdf
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401040116/http://rgc.cd/doctech/UNDP-GIS-25_RDC_administratif.pdf
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=2010-04-01
|title=Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo
|first=X. |last=Blaes |publisher=PNUD-SIG |date=October 2008
|accessdate=2011-12-09}}
Being slightly more than 1° north of the Equator, Basankusu has a tropical rainforest climate. There is no real dry season, with monthly rainfall in the town ranging between averages of {{Convert|69|mm|abbr=on}} and {{Convert|213|mm|abbr=on}}, with most months at the higher end of that range. Average high temperatures over a year are between {{Convert|30|and|33|C}}, although throughout the day a high of {{Convert|37|C}} is not uncommon. Evening lows average around {{Convert|20|C}}.{{cite web
|url=http://www.levoyageur.net/climat-ville-BASANKUSU.html
|title=BASANKUSU : Climat, températures, précipitations, ensoleillement
|work=Le Voyageur
|accessdate=2012-01-31}}
Basankusu territory is divided into three sectors
- Waka-Bokeka, with 15 groupings of 110 villages
- Basankusu, with 11 groupings of 96 villages
- Gombalo, with 13 groupings of 117 villages