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Table B. City Name Changes, 1966-72

Republic of Congo (former Zaire)

Table B. City Name Changes, 1966-72


Former Name      New Name

Albertville         Kalemie
Bakwanga            Mbuji-Mayi
Banningville        Bandundu
Baudoinville*       Moba
Coquilhatville      Mbandaka
Élisabethville      Lubumbashi
Léopoldville        Kinshasa
Luluabourg          Kananga
Stanleyville        Kisangani
Thysville           Mbanza-Ngungu

New Name         Former Name

Bandundu            Banningville
Kalemie             Albertville
Kananga             Luluabourg
Kinshasa            Léopoldville
Kisangani           Stanleyville
Lubumbashi          Élisabethville
Mbandaka            Coquilhatville
Mbanza-Ngungu       Thysville
Mbuji-Mayi          Bakwanga
Moba*               Baudoinville

*The city now called Moba was known as Virungu for some
time after its name was changed from the colonial Baudoinville.

Data as of December 1993