Mobayi-Mbongo, formerly known as ''Banzyville'' or ''Banzystad'', is a town in

Nord-Ubangi Province Nord-Ubangi (French for "North Ubangi") is one of the 21 newest provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Nord-Ubangi, Équateur, Mongala, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the disme ...

, in the northwestern part of the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

, on the

Ubangi River The Ubangi River (; ; ; ), also spelled Oubangui, is a river in Central Africa, and the largest right-bank tributary of the Congo River. It begins at the confluence of the Mbomou River, Mbomou (mean annual discharge 1,350 m3/s) and Uele Rivers (mea ...

. It lies opposite the Central African town of

Mobaye Mobaye is a settlement with a population of 7,176 (2003 census) in the Basse-Kotto prefecture of Central African Republic. It lies on the Ubangi River. History On 8 February 2013 Mobaye was captured by Séléka rebels. In September 2019 Moba ...

. It is the administrative center of the territory of the same name. As of 2012 the estimated population was 5,640. A small hydroelectric power station was opened in 1989, with some of the power being exported to the CAR.

References

Populated places in Nord-Ubangi Central African Republic–Democratic Republic of the Congo border crossings Ubangi River Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRCongo-geo-stub