Makanza (Congo)

Makanza
Basic data
Country	Democratic Republic of Congo
province	Equateur
territory	Makanza
height	331 m
Residents	18,968 (2012)
Mission of New Antwerp (around 1900)

Makanza or Mankanza is a locality, capital of the Makanza Territory , in the Equateur Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

geography

It is located on the left bank of the Congo and is served by the RP309 road northeast of the provincial capital Mbandaka .

history

The village was named Bangala Station and at the beginning of the 20th century New Antwerp or Nieuw Antwerp . Makanza is halfway between Kinshasa and Kisangani and was a European trading post as early as the 1890s and one of the most important stages of the expedition to save Emin Pasha .

population

• 2004: 15,482
• 2012: 18,968

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Geonames, 2313174: Mankanza
2. ↑ OCHA FISS (accessed on September 6, 2018)