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Lisala

Lisala is the capital of the Mongala Province in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Settlement.name: Lisala
Settlement.official_name: Ville de Lisala
Settlement.settlement_type: Provincial capital and city
Settlement.image_skyline: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Porters carrying wood in Lisala, 1901
Settlement.pushpin_map: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Mongala
Settlement.parts_type: Communes
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: Bolikango
Settlement.p2: Mongala
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Aimé Bongele
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Official name: Lisala
Population: 79235
Elevation: 409
Image: Porters carrying wood, Lisala, Congo, ca.1901 (IMP-YDS-RG101-021-0000-0087).jpg

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native label: Lisala
Commons category: Lisala
P12749: Ankara
electorate: 55740
number of seats in assembly: 1

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Lisala is the capital of the Mongala Province in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Congo River flows through the city. Its Cathédrale Saint-Hermès is the cathedral episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lisala. It is the birthplace of president Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Congo (which he renamed Zaire) from 1965 to 1997.