Mobayi-Mbongo

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Mobayi-Mbongo

|settlement_type = Commune

|pushpin_map = Democratic Republic of the Congo

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|DR Congo}}

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Nord-Ubangi

|subdivision_type2 = Territory

|subdivision_name2 = Mobayi-Mbongo

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|subdivision_name3 =

|unit_pref = Metric

|population_total = 5640

|population_as_of = 2012

|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone = WAT

|utc_offset = +1

|blank_name_sec1 = National language

|blank_info_sec1 = Lingala

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File:The best dancer on the Ubangi at Banzyville, 1906.png

File:Bananas being brought by Children into Banzyville, 1906.png

Mobayi-Mbongo, formerly known as Banzyville or Banzystad, is a town in Nord-Ubangi Province, in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Ubangi River. It lies opposite the Central African town of Mobaye.{{cite web|url=http://www.rgc.cd/doctech/UNDP-GIS-25_RDC_administratif.pdf|title=Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo|first=X.|last=Blaes|publisher=PNUD-SIG|date=October 2008|accessdate=2011-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401040116/http://rgc.cd/doctech/UNDP-GIS-25_RDC_administratif.pdf |url-status=dead|archivedate=2010-04-01}}

It is the administrative center of the territory of the same name.

As of 2012 the estimated population was 5,640.{{cite web|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1325778607&men=gpro&lng=en&des=gamelan&geo=-852&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&geo=339500118|title=Mobayi-Mbongo|work=World Gazetteer|accessdate=2012-01-31|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130209111848/http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1325778607&men=gpro&lng=en&des=gamelan&geo=-852&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&geo=339500118|archivedate=2013-02-09|url-status=dead}}

A small hydroelectric power station was opened in 1989, with some of the power being exported to the CAR.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1KBP7QbalX0C&pg=PA265|title=Africa South of the Sahara 2003|author=Europa Publications Limited|publisher=Routledge|year=2002|isbn=1-85743-131-6}}

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