Kisangani

E157267
city commune

Kisangani is a major city in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as a key inland port and commercial center in the central African rainforest region.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kisangani canonical 10

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
commune ⓘ
climateClassification Af (Köppen) ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
countrySubdivision Tshopo Province ⓘ
distanceFromKinshasa about 1750 km by river ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
river transport services ⓘ
timber ⓘ
trade ⓘ
formerName Stanleyville ⓘ
foundedAs Stanleyville ⓘ
foundedBy Henry Morton Stanley ⓘ
foundingCentury 19th century ⓘ
hasAirport Bangoka International Airport ⓘ
Kisangani Simisini Airport ⓘ
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hasConflictHistory Simba Rebellion ⓘ
Six-Day War (2000) between Rwandan and Ugandan forces ⓘ
hasPort Kisangani river port ⓘ
hasRailwayTerminus Vicicongo line (historical) ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Kisangani ⓘ
is commercial center ⓘ
key inland port in central Africa ⓘ
major inland port ⓘ
river port ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ
isTerminusOf navigable section of the Congo River from Kinshasa ⓘ
language French ⓘ
languageMajority Lingala ⓘ
locatedIn Tshopo Province ⓘ
northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
locatedInBiome Congo Rainforest ⓘ
surface form: Congo rainforest
locatedInEcoregion central African rainforest ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Congo River ⓘ
Lualaba River ⓘ
namedAfter Zongo Falls ⓘ
surface form: Boyoma Falls
nationalLanguage Lingala ⓘ
near Boyoma Falls ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Congo Rainforest ⓘ
surface form: Congo Basin
populationEstimate over 1,000,000 inhabitants ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
surface form: central Africa
role capital of Tshopo Province ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
urbanStatus major city in northeastern DRC ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ
wasColonialCenterOf Belgian Congo (as associated territory) ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Congo

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Congo River → flowsNearCity → Kisangani ⓘ
Lingala → majorUrbanCenters → Kisangani ⓘ
Congo Airways → cityServed → Kisangani ⓘ
Lualaba River → majorCityOnRiver → Kisangani ⓘ
Koffi Olomide → placeOfBirth → Kisangani ⓘ
Orientale Province → capital → Kisangani ⓘ
Orientale Province → largestCity → Kisangani ⓘ
University of Kisangani → locatedIn → Kisangani ⓘ
University of Kisangani → isMajorInstitutionIn → Kisangani ⓘ
Bunia → hasRoadConnectionTo → Kisangani ⓘ