Gbadolite

Gbadolite
Provincial capital and city
Ville de Gbadolite
Aerial view of the town
Aerial view of the town
Gbadolite is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gbadolite
Gbadolite
Coordinates: 4°17′N 21°01′E / 4.283°N 21.017°E / 4.283; 21.017
CountryDR Congo
ProvinceNord-Ubangi
Zone (territoire) de GbadoliteDecember 8, 1972[1]
Cité de GbadoliteMarch 25, 1982[1]
Ville de GbadoliteJanuary 10, 1987[1]
Government
 • MayorAndré-Teddy Kapalata[2]
Area
 • Total278 km2 (107 sq mi)
Elevation
462 m (1,516 ft)
Population
 (2015 estimate)[3]
 • Total198,839
 • Density720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
ClimateAm

Gbadolite or Gbado-Lite (pronounced [ɡ͡badolite]) is the capital of Nord-Ubangi Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of the Ubangi River at the border to the Central African Republic and 1,150 kilometres (710 mi) northeast of the national capital Kinshasa. Gbadolite was the ancestral home and residence of Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, later self-styled as Mobutu Sese Seko where airport, colleges, malls, supermarkets and libraries were built by the President in a program of modernization. Gbadolite is where Mobutu led the summit that would produce the Gbadolite Declaration, a short lived ceasefire in the Angolan Civil War, in 1989.

  1. ^ a b c d "Villes de RD Congo - Gbado-Lite" (in French). MONUC. 2006-05-29. Archived from the original on 2006-07-25. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  2. ^ Kapalata, André-Teddy (1 April 2023). "L'invité". Journal Francais (Interview) (in French) (7 and 8 am ed.). Gbadolite: Radio Okapi. 14:09 minutes in. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Ville de Gbadolite". CAID. Retrieved 5 August 2019.