Mbuji-Mayi

city located in the center of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Place Official City Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo Q319660

Facts

11 properties

Identity

Inception
1914[4]
Official name
Бакванга

Location

Coordinate location
🗺️ -6.126°, 23.600°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Kasaï-Oriental, Kasai-Oriental[2]

Population and size

Area
+135.12[18]
Elevation above sea level
+549[17]
Population
2.9M (43k–2.9M, n=10)[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
More facts +2
Different from
Mbuji-Mayi River[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Mbuji-Mayi en Buchimaie en Mbujimayi ar مبوجي-مايي da Mbuji Mayi de Bakwanga el Μπούτζι-Μάγι es Mbuji Mayi es Bakwanga fa مبوجی-مایی fr Bakwanga fr Mbuji Mayi fr Mbuji-Mayi fr Mbuji-Mayï he מבוג'י-מאיי hi गांदाजीका ja ムブジ・マイ ja ムブジマイ ja ンブジ・マイ ja ンブジマイ
🔖 Identifiers · 27
VIAF cluster ID
129122683
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n88652861
GND ID
5192213-7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Aéroport de Mbuji-Mayi.jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Mbuji-Mayi
FactGrid item ID
Christiane Nielsen
Freebase ID
/m/0522cn
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2054475
GeoNames ID
209226
Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online ID
Mbuji Mayi (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
mbuji-mayi
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0041609
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Mbuji-Mayi
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2196472
INaturalist place ID
28200
J9U entity ID
987007562629905171
NE.se ID
mbuji-mayi
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3939048
OpenStreetMap node ID
27565034
Topic's main category
Category:Mbuji-Mayi
UN/LOCODE
CDMJM
Who's on First ID
1141909257
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🔗 Connections
People born here 7
← Capital 3
Capital of 2
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Contained subdivisions 1
Country 1
Different from 1
FactGrid item ID 1
People who died here 1
SNARC ID 1
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Summary

Mbuji-Mayi is an official city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [14] ↑ . cia.gov. cia.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Abductive · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → -6.126°, 23.600°
    "Changed claim: Coordinate location: 6°7'34"S, 23°35'59"E"
  2. 19w ago · Андрей Жизлов · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Kasaï-Oriental, Kasai-Oriental
    Area → 135.12 square kilometre
    Population → 1,559,073, 42,864, 2,201,000 +7
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Official name: Бакванга"
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