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thumb|left|The best dancer on the Ubangi at Banzyville, 1906 thumb|left|Bananas being brought by children into Banzyville, 1906 Mobayi-Mbongo, formerly known as Banzyville or Banzystad, is a town in Nord-Ubangi Province, in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Ubangi River. It lies opposite the Central African town of Mobaye. It is the administrative center of the territory of the same name. As of 2012 the estimated population was 5,640.

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Place details

Locality
Mobayi-Mbongo
Region
Nord-Ubangi
Country
République démocratique du Congo
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Mobayi-Mbongo
Settlement.settlement_type
Commune
Settlement.pushpin_map
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Nord-Ubangi
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Territory
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Mobayi-Mbongo
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_total
5640
Settlement.population_as_of
2012
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone
WAT
Settlement.utc_offset
+1
Settlement.blank_name_sec1
National language
Settlement.blank_info_sec1
Lingala

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105475
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Mobayi-Mbongo
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thumb|left|The best dancer on the Ubangi at Banzyville, 1906 thumb|left|Bananas being brought by children into Banzyville, 1906 Mobayi-Mbongo, formerly known as Banzyville or Banzystad, is a town in Nord-Ubangi Province, in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Ubangi River. It lies opposite the Central African town of Mobaye. It is the administrative center of the territory of the same name. As of 2012 the estimated population was 5,640.

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

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