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Stanleyville, Congo (Kinshasa): see Kisangani Kisangani (kēsangä`nē), formerly Stanleyville, city (1996 est. pop. ..... Click the link for more information. . Kisanganiformerly (until 1966) StanleyvilleCity (pop., 1994 est.: 417,517), northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nation's major inland port after Kinshasa, it is located on the Congo River, below Boyoma Falls. The city was founded in 1883 by Europeans and was known first as Falls Station and then as Stanleyville (for Henry Morton Stanley). It has been the major centre of the northern Congo since the late 1800s. It is the seat of the University of Kisangani (1963) and other institutions of higher education. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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After weeks of house arrest, Lumumba tried to escape to Stanleyville, his own power base in the east. I spent almost three months in Zaire: two weeks hitching rides to Kisangani (formerly Stanleyville in the Belgian Congo); a full month on the river (the trip was supposed to take less than a week, but our convoy of barges kept running aground in low water); and another month in steamy Kinshasa. |
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