Stanleyville

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Stanleyville is the former colonial name of Kisangani, a major city in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo located on the Congo River.

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Label Occurrences
Stanleyville canonical 10

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial-era place name ⓘ
former name of city ⓘ
appliesTo Kisangani ⓘ
associatedWith Simba rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Simba Rebellion
associatedWithEvent 1964 Stanleyville hostage crisis ⓘ
Congo Crisis ⓘ
colonialPower Belgium ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
economicRole center for regional commerce ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
formerNameOf Kisangani ⓘ
formerStatus major city of Belgian Congo ⓘ
historicalSignificance important colonial administrative center in central Africa ⓘ
languageOfColonialAdministration French ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
locatedInProvince Tshopo Province ⓘ
locatedOn Lualaba–Congo River ⓘ
linked to: Lualaba River
locatedOnRiver Congo River ⓘ
namedAfter Henry Morton Stanley ⓘ
nowKnownAs Kisangani ⓘ
partOf Belgian Congo ⓘ
region Upper Congo region ⓘ
replacedByName Kisangani ⓘ
role major river port ⓘ
regional administrative center ⓘ
transportRole railway terminus ⓘ
river transport hub ⓘ
usedDuring colonial period ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kisangani → formerName → Stanleyville ⓘ
Kisangani → foundedAs → Stanleyville ⓘ
The Odd Life of Timothy Green → setIn → Stanleyville ⓘ
Patrice Lumumba → residence → Stanleyville ⓘ
Force Publique → garrisonLocation → Stanleyville ⓘ
Stanley Falls Flume → locatedIn → Stanleyville ⓘ
Stanley Falls Flume → parkSection → Stanleyville ⓘ
Stanleyville station → themedAs → Stanleyville ⓘ
Simba Rebellion → location → Stanleyville ⓘ
Cindy Green → associatedWithLocation → Stanleyville ⓘ