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Zongo is a city in Sud-Ubangi District in Équateur Province in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the south bank of the Ubangi River, across from Bangui in the Central African Republic. It is linked by ferry to Bangui but has declined in importance as a transport hub since much traffic moved east in the late 1980s.
By the end of the First Congo War, the city was controlled by the Movement for the Liberation of Congo. In 2001 the city saw an influx of refugees from the Central African Republic, the government of which alleged former soldiers among them were behind an attempted coup in Bangui in 2002.
During the 2012-13 Central African Republic conflict, refugees from the Central African Republic capital of Bangui, including many family members of President François Bozizé, fled here after the capital fell to Séléka rebels on 24 March 2013.
Zongo is a town in Équateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zongo is the name of several notable Burkinabés:
- Jonathan Zongo, a Burkinabé football player
- Mamadou Zongo, a Burkinabé football player
- Norbert Zongo (1949–1998), a Burkinabé journalist
- Ousmane Zongo, Burkina Faso native whose shooting death by a New York City policeman created a public furor
- Tertius Zongo, a Burkinabé politician and diplomat
Zongo might also be used to refer to:
- Zongo, a character in the comic series Dungeon
- Zongo Comics, a comic book publishing company founded by Matt Groening
- Zongo Settlements, areas in West African towns along the coast and in the forest belt populated predominantly by settlers, often Islamic, from northern Sahel areas.