Vivi (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

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Location of Vivi and Matadi on the Congo
Vivi in ​​1887

Vivi is a small town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , in the Congo Central Province . Vivi lies on the banks of the lower Congo across from the provincial capital Matadi . It was founded in 1880 by the Africa explorer Henry Morton Stanley and was the first capital of the Congo Free State . From there, Stanley drove forward the development of the Congo. In April 1886 the capital status was transferred to Boma .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Emizet Francois Kisangani, Scott F. Bobb: Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Verlag Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 9780810863255 , p. 538 online
  2. ↑ Ch. Didier Gondola: The History of Congo , Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 9780313316968 , p. 75 online

Coordinates: 5 ° 48 ′  S , 13 ° 29 ′  E