Gbadolite
Gbadolite | |
|---|---|
Provincial capital and city | |
| Ville de Gbadolite | |
Aerial view of the town | |
Location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| Coordinates: 4°17′N 21°01′E / 4.283°N 21.017°E | |
| Country | DR Congo |
| Province | Nord-Ubangi |
| Zone (territoire) de Gbadolite | 8 December 1972 |
| Cité de Gbadolite | 25 March 1982 |
| Ville de Gbadolite | 10 January 1987 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | André-Teddy Kapalata |
| Area | |
• Total | 278 km2 (107 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 462 m (1,516 ft) |
| Population (2015 estimate) | |
• Total | 198,839 |
| • Density | 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Climate | Am |
Gbadolite or Gbado-Lite (Northern Ngbandi pronunciation: [ɡ͡badɔlite]) 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.