Mobayi-Mbongo

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Mobayi-Mbongo
Mobayi-Mbongo
Coordinates: 4°18′00″N 21°10′51″E / 4.300045°N 21.180718°E / 4.300045; 21.180718Coordinates: 4°18′00″N 21°10′51″E / 4.300045°N 21.180718°E / 4.300045; 21.180718
Country Democratic Republic of the Congo
Province Équateur
District Nord-Ubangi District
Territory Mobayi-Mbongo Territory
Population (2012)
  Total 5,640
National language Lingala

Mobayi-Mbongo, formerly known as Banzyville or Banzystad, is a town in Nord-Ubangi District, in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Ubangi River. It lies opposite the Central African town of Mobaye.[1] As of 2012 the estimated population was 5,640.[2]

A small hydroelectric power station was opened in 1989, with some of the power being exported to the CAR.[3]

References

  1. Blaes, X. (October 2008). "Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo". PNUD-SIG. Retrieved 2011-12-09. 
  2. "Mobayi-Mbongo". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2012-01-31. 
  3. Europa Publications Limited (2002). Africa South of the Sahara 2003. Routledge. ISBN 1-85743-131-6. 
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