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Mobayi-Mbongo, formerly known as ''Banzyville'' or ''Banzystad'', is a town in
Mobayi-Mbongo, formerly known as ''Banzyville'' or ''Banzystad'', is a town in Nord-Ubangi Province
Nord-Ubangi (French for "North Ubangi") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Nord-Ubangi, Équateur, Mongala, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dismembe ...
, in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
, on the Ubangi River
The Ubangi River (), also spelled Oubangui, is the largest right-bank tributary of the Congo River in the region of Central Africa. It begins at the confluence of the Mbomou (mean annual discharge 1,350 m3/s) and Uele Rivers (mean annual discharge ...
. It lies opposite the Central African town of Mobaye
Mobaye is a settlement with a population of 7,176 (2003 census) in the Basse-Kotto prefecture of Central African Republic. It lies on the Ubangi River.
History
On 8 February 2013 Mobaye was captured by Séléka rebels. In September 2019 Mobay ...
.
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.
References
Populated places in Nord-Ubangi Central African Republic–Democratic Republic of the Congo border crossings Ubangi River {{DRCongo-geo-stub