Lisala is the capital of Mongala Province in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated on the Congo River. It had a population of 70,087 in 2015 and is the birthplace of Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Congo and Zaire from 1965 to 1997. The city is home to the Cathedrale Saint-Hermes, seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lisala, and Lomongo, Lingala and French are spoken there. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Lisala (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 79,235 (2010)
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Lisala is the capital of the Mongala Province in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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