Mbandaka, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Mbandaka, formerly known as Coquilhatville is a city on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying near the mouth of the Tshuapa River. The capital of the Equateur Province, it is home to an airport and is linked by ferry to Kinshasa and Boende. Many Hutu people in the city were massacred during the First Congo War.
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