Gbadolite is the capital of Nord-Ubangi Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the border with the Central African Republic and about 1,150 kilometers northeast of Kinshasa. It was the birthplace and residence of longtime dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, who developed it into a lavish urban center nicknamed the Versailles of the Jungle, complete with an airport built to accommodate the Concorde. After forces led by Laurent Kabila overthrew Mobutu in 1997 the city was raided and looted, and in 1998 Ugandan backed rebels captured it and made it their headquarters; its 2015 population was estimated at about 198,839.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. GeoNames: Gbadolite
GeoNames geonameid 216404 (Gbadolite), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Gbadolite (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 4.275, longitude 21.0
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 462 m
P2046 (area)
area 278.0 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1972
View the Source3. GeoNames: Gbadolite - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 216404
4.279 21.00284 P PPLA CD 26 01 73835 416 Africa/Kinshasa
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 416 m
View the Source 4. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Democratic Republic of the Congo
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Geography note and CoastlineQuote, Geography note and Coastline
the narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River is the DRC's only outlet to the South Atlantic Ocean
5. 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 4.25, 21.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 4.25, 21.25
4.25 21.25 Aw
Gbadolite (Wikipedia)
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Gbadolite or Gbado-Lite (Northern Ngbandi pronunciation: [ɡ͡badɔlite]) is the capital of Nord-Ubangi Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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