Mobayi-Mbongo
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Mobayi-Mbongo, formerly known as Banzyville or Banzystad, is a town in Nord-Ubangi District, in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Ubangi River. It lies opposite the Central African town of Mobaye. As of 2012 the estimated population was 5,640.