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Mbandaka

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[bahn-dah-kah, uhm-bahn-] / ˈbɑn dɑˌkɑ, əmˈbɑn- /

noun

  1. a city in the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


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Shortly before midnight, just 25 kilometres from Mbandaka, the vessel carrying the two young men capsized.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

He relates that Mbandaka has no permanent power supply, only a few diesel generators and hardly any infrastructure -- not even a power drill to install the flood level marker.

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2023

A survivor told Radio Okapi that the boat, which had left the city of Mbandaka for the Bolomba area in the north-western Equateur province, stalled and lost balance due to overcrowding.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023

The case was detected in the city of Mbandaka, capital of Congo’s Equateur province, said the institute.

From Reuters • Apr. 23, 2022

Ikwa looked so close to Mbandaka, like it almost adjoined.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer