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Kisangani
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Ki·san·ga·ni  (ksän-gän, k-zänggä-n) Formerly Stan·ley·ville (stnl-vl)
A city of northern Congo (formerly Zaire) on the Congo River northeast of Kinshasa. It was founded in 1883 by the explorer Henry M. Stanley. Population: 683,000.

Kisangani [ˌkɪsæŋˈgɑːnɪ]
n
(Placename) a city in the N Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre), at the head of navigation of the River Congo below Stanley Falls: Université Libre du Congo (1963). Pop.: 417 517 (1994 est.) Former name (until 1966) Stanleyville


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