Upoto | |
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 Upoto Mission Building | |
  Upoto | |
| Coordinates: 2°08′27″N21°29′40″E / 2.14082°N 21.49432°E Coordinates: 2°08′27″N21°29′40″E / 2.14082°N 21.49432°E | |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Province | Mongala |
| Elevation | 399 m (1,309 ft) |
Upoto was a village on the right bank of the Congo River, now a district of Lisala in the Mongala province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1]
Captain Hanssens of the International Association of the Congo founded the Upoto station, on the right bank of the Congo above the confluence of the Mongala River, in June 1884. [2] A military post was founded there in 1888–1889 by a Belgian expedition led by Francis Dhanis. [3]
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