-
Mbandaka (pron [mbaˈnda.ka],
formerly known as
Coquilhatville in French, or
Coquilhatstad in Dutch) is a city in the
Democratic Republic of
Congo located...
-
upgraded to
provincial status in 1917.
Between 1933 and 1947 it was
named Coquilhatville. In 1962 it was
divided into
three smaller provinces, but
there were...
- 1926:
Renamed after its see as
Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatstad=
Coquilhatville,
having gained more
territory from the
above Apostolic Vicariate of...
-
Stanleyville became Kisangani,
Elisabethville became Lubumbashi, and
Coquilhatville became Mbandaka. In 1971,
Mobutu renamed the
country the
Republic of...
-
Established as
Diocese of
Ikela from the
Metropolitan Archdiocese of
Coquilhatville 16 June 1967:
Renamed as
Diocese of
Bokungu –
Ikela / Bokunguen(sis)...
- it was
renamed on 1926.01.28 as
Apostolic Prefecture of
Coquilhatville / de
Coquilhatville (Latin).
Having gained territory from the same
Apostolic Vicariate...
- Léopoldville (now Kinshasa). His
mother eventually sent him to an
uncle in
Coquilhatville (present-day Mbandaka),
where he
attended the
Christian Brothers School...
-
harbour infrastructure in the
cities of Boma, Matadi,
Leopoldville and
Coquilhatville.
Electricity and
waterworks in the main
cities were also funded. Airports...
- 2003 to 2018 he was a senator. Léon
Engulu was born on 1
April 1934 in
Coquilhatville (Mbandaka), in the
province of Équateur,
Belgian Congo. He was of Mongo...
- in 1994. He died in 2006.
Laurent Eketebi was born on 13 May 1936 in
Coquilhatville,
Belgian Congo to a
Ngombe father and a
Mongo mother. He
attended the...
