Kisangani

American

[ki-zahng-gah-nee, kee-sahng-gah-] / kɪˈzɑŋ gɑ ni, ˌki sɑŋˈgɑ- /

noun

a city in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Congo (Zaire) River.

Kisangani British

/ ˌkɪsæŋˈɡɑːnɪ /

noun

Former name (until 1966): Stanleyville. a city in the N Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre), at the head of navigation of the River Congo below Boyoma Falls (Stanley Falls): Université Libre du Congo (1963). Pop: 475 000 (2005 est)

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In the part of the forest they control, he and other Romee youngsters heave logs to be burned and turned into charcoal, then sent by canoe to the provincial capital Kisangani.

From Barron's

Maps pinned to the walls of his office in Kisangani show the relentless advance of farmland into the forest.

From Barron's

Further upstream, in the city of Kisangani, the mayor said that over 200 houses have been submerged.

From BBC

Katumbi's campaign is scheduled to kick off on Monday in the northern city of Kisangani.

From Reuters

Worobey and Hamilton collected their chimpanzee samples, with help from local forest guides, and then scrambled out of Kisangani, Worobey with his arm in a sling from a badly infected forest wound, Hamilton desperately ill with malaria.

From New York Times

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