formerly (until 1966) Stanleyville
City (pop., 1994 est.: 417,517), northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The nation's major inland port after Kinshasa , it is located on the Congo River , below Boyoma Falls. The city was founded in 1883 by Europeans and was known first as Falls Station and then as Stanleyville (for Henry Morton Stanley ). It has been the major centre of the northern Congo since the late 1800s. It is the seat of the University of Kisangani (1963) and other institutions of higher education.