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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Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Lisala (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 79,235 (2010)
2. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Lisala coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevationQuote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 409.0 ]
3. 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
4. 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 2.25, 21.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 2.25, 21.75
2.25 21.75 Aw
5. GeoNames: Lisala - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 211734, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 211734, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
2.15127 21.51672 P PPL CD 25 02 117464 418 Africa/Kinshasa
Lisala (Wikipedia)
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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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