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Lisala
Sign in to saveLisala is the capital of the Mongala Province in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lisala
- Settlement.official_name
- Ville de Lisala
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Provincial capital and city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Porters carrying wood in Lisala, 1901
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mongala
- Settlement.parts_type
- Communes
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
- Settlement.p1
- Bolikango
- Settlement.p2
- Mongala
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Aimé Bongele
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Lisala
- Located in
- Mongala
- Population
- 79235
- Elevation
- 409
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Congo
- Capital of
- Mongala
- Image
- Porters carrying wood, Lisala, Congo, ca.1901 (IMP-YDS-RG101-021-0000-0087).jpg
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- native label
- Lisala
- Commons category
- Lisala
- P12749
- Ankara
- electorate
- 55740
- number of seats in assembly
- 1
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Lisala is the capital of the Mongala Province in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Congo River flows through the city. Its Cathédrale Saint-Hermès is the cathedral episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lisala. It is the birthplace of president Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Congo (which he renamed Zaire) from 1965 to 1997.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lisala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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