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Mbandaka

Administration
Full nameMbandaka
Official nameVille de Mbandaka
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
ProvinceÉquateur Province
Geography
Total Area231.6 sq mi (600 km2)
Demography
Total Population729257 (2004)
Other information
Time zoneWAT (UTC+1)

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Mbandaka, formerly known as Coquilhatville or Coquilhatstad (named after Camille-Aimé Coquilhat), is a city on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying near the confluence of the Congo and Ruki Rivers. The capital of the Equateur Province, it is home to an airport and is linked by ferry to Kinshasa and Boende. The city's population is approximately (2004).

Mbandaka is largely populated by people of the Mongo ethnic group, although people from many different regions live in the city. The main languages spoken in Mbandaka are Lingala, French and Mongo. A large research center for Central African history, originally set up by Fathers Gustaaf Hulstaert (1900-1990) and Honoré Vinck, is at the Catholic Mission station of Bamanya (Brothers of the Sacred Heart), 10 kilometres east of Mbandaka .



Mbandaka is the home of the world's first project of Habitat for Humanity International. Habitat for Humanity's founder Millard Fuller served as missionary with the Disciples of Christ Church in Mbandaka from 1973-76. The housing project Fuller started in Mbandaka in 1973 became the original project of Habitat for Humanity when Fuller founded Habitat upon his return to the United States.

One of the finest botanical gardens representing central Africa is at nearby Eala. The Botanic Garden of Eala (founded in 1900) contains the flora richness of Central Africa with between 4,000 and 5,000 species. It covers approximately 370 hectares with special collections (125 ha), forest (190 ha), marsh (50 ha) and savanna "Euobe" (7 ha). The garden is neglected and unfenced and there is illegal logging. The last catalogue was published in 1924.

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Mbandaka: la Monusco plaide en faveur des prisonniers - Radio Okapi Tweet this news
Radio Okapi--Cette concertation a planché sur la fourniture régulière des vivres à la prison centrale de -Mbandaka-, a affirmé Traoré Adama, chef de l'Unité Correction de ... - Date : Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:59:52 GMT+00:00
Mbandaka: les malades appelés à retourner à l'hôpital - Radio Okapi Tweet this news
Radio Okapi--Ainsi, la grève sèche qu'observaient depuis vendredi dernier les médecins de -Mbandaka- s'arrête. Selon le secrétaire exécutif provincial intérimaire du ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:04:19 GMT+00:00
Mbandaka: lancement du projet « forêt et conservation de la nature » - Radio Okapi Tweet this news
Radio Okapi---...- de l'Equateur ont lancé le Projet forêt et conservation de la nature (PFCN), lundi 4 octobre, à -Mbandaka-, capitale de la province de l'Equateur. ... - Date : Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:17:55 GMT+00:00
Mbandaka: présentation du budget 2011 - Radio Okapi Tweet this news
Radio Okapi--publié il ya 12 heures, 18 minutes, sous En bref, Équateur. Vous pouvez suivre les réponses à cet article grâce au RSS 2.0. L'exécutif Provincial a présenté ... - Date : Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:26:12 GMT+00:00
Arrêt de la campagne des soins oculaires gratuits à Mbandaka - Radio Okapi Tweet this news
Radio Okapi--La campagne d'intervention gratuite des personnes souffrant des maladies des yeux à -Mbandaka- a été lancée le lundi 19 octobre. L'opération est organisée à ... - Date : Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:06:58 GMT+00:00
'Horrific' killings in DR Congo - Aljazeera.net Tweet this news
Aljazeera.net--One of nine children from a middle-class family, Patrick and his relatives had recently moved from the capital, Kinshasa, to -Mbandaka- where their father, ... - Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:35:18 GMT+00:00
Covenant Team Receives Warm Welcome in Congo - Evangelical Covenant Church Tweet this news
Evangelical Covenant Church--Earlier in the day, the team worshiped with a three-year-old congregation in -Mbandaka-. The pastor, Dr. Bruno Bindamba, leads Congo's Ministry of Environment ... - Date : Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:07:03 GMT+00:00
Identify the Congo killers and bring them to justice - The Guardian Tweet this news
The Guardian--We are not sure, but as the new report notes, the campaign's final massacres, in -Mbandaka- and Wendji, over 2000 kilometres west of Rwanda, "were the final ... - Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:24:21 GMT+00:00
UN panel urges support for sexual violence victims in DR Congo - ReliefWeb (press release) Tweet this news
ReliefWeb (press release)--From 30 September to 10 October, the panel travelled to Bukavu, Shabunda (South Kivu), Bunia, Komanda (Orientale), -Mbandaka- and Songo Mboyo (Equateur), ... - Date : Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:20:34 GMT+00:00
Mbandaka: radicalisation de la grève des médecins, les malades chassés des ... - Radio Okapi Tweet this news
Radio Okapi--A -Mbandaka-, capitale de la province de l'Equateur, les malades admis dans des structures sanitaires publiques éprouvent d'énormes difficultés. ... - Date : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:19:28 GMT+00:00

Capitals of the Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2005 Constitution)

Sankuru * Bas-Uele * Kongo Central * Kwango * Kwilu * Mai-Ndombe * Kinshasa * Kasaï * Lulua * Kasaï oriental * Lomami * Maniema * Sud-Kivu * Nord-Kivu * Ituri * Haut-Uele * Tshopo * Nord-Ubangi * Mongala * Sud-Ubangi * Équateur * Tshuapa * Tanganyika * Haut-Lomami * Lualaba * Haut-Katanga



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