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 Ebola virus disease, in 1976, with the World Health Organization identifying a man from Yambuku as the index case. 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 only by motorbike messenger.