Mongala is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning . Mongala, Équateur , Nord-Ubangi , Sud-Ubangi , and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province. Mongala was formed from the Mongala District whose town of Lisala was elevated to capital city of the new province.
3-598: Yambuku is a small village in Mongala Province in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo . It was the center of the first documented outbreak of Ebola virus disease , in 1976, with the World Health Organization identifying a man from Yambuku as the index case . It is 1,098 kilometres (682 mi) northeast of the capital city of Kinshasa . During the 1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak ,
6-482: Is divided into three territories: The province includes the village of Yambuku . From 1963–1966, Mongala Province was known as Moyen-Congo . However, under Mobutu, the province was reintegrated into the former Équateur province where it was administered as Mongala District, until 2015. Presidents (later governors) of the Moyen-Congo province were: This Democratic Republic of the Congo location article
9-523: The village had no running water or electricity. The village had a hospital but no radio, phone, or ambulances, and communication was by motorbike messenger. This Democratic Republic of the Congo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mongala Mongala is located at the northwest of the country on the Congo River , and borders the provinces of Tshopo , Bas-Uele, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi, Équateur and Tshuapa. It
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