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Kisangani

Middle Africa

The capital of Tshopo Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly known as Stanleyville, situated on the Congo River in the eastern part of the central Congo Basin. It is the country's fifth-most populous urban area, with an estimated population of 1,602,144 as of 2016, and the largest city in the Congo's tropical woodlands.

Facts
Population
1,602,144 1
Area (sq km)
1910 1
Founding Year
1883 1
Founding Year
1883 1
Population Estimate Year
2016 1
Elevation (m)
447 1
Latitude
0.5167 degrees north 1
Longitude
25.2 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
No 1
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 2
Sources
1. Kisangani (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    It is the country's fifth-most populous urban area, with an estimated population of 1,602,144 as of 2016, and the largest of the cities in the tropical woodlands of the Congo.
  • Lead section
    The city spans an area of 1,910 square kilometres (740 sq mi) and is situated within the equatorial forest plain at coordinates 0°30' north latitude and 25°20' east longitude, just 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the equator.
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    447
  • Infobox, coordinates
    coordinates = 0°31′0″N 25°12′0″E
  • Lead
    approximately 2,100 kilometres (1,300 mi) from the mouth of the Congo River
  • History, early history
    Stanley returned to the region on 1 December 1883 to establish the initial trading post in the region
  • In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Kisangani - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 212730
    0.51528 25.19099 P PPLA CD 30 01 1602144 400 Africa/Lubumbashi
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 400 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 0.75, 25.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 0.75, 25.25
0.75 25.25 Af
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Wikidata: Kisangani
Wikidata Q146723, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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