# Manyanga > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Manyanga > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Manyanga.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manyanga > Source revision: 996817523 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement |name = Manyanga |settlement_type = |image_skyline = File:The River Congo from its mouth to Bólobó; with a general description of the natural history and anthropology of its western basin (1895) (14741012296).jpg |imagesize = |image_alt = |image_caption = The River Congo seen from the plateau at Manyanga |image_map = File:CarteBasCongo1913.JPG |map_alt = |map_caption = [Bas-Congo District](/source/Bas-Congo_District) in 1913. Manyanga is on the north (right) bank of the Congo just west of point where the French border is defined by the Congo. |pushpin_map = Democratic Republic of the Congo |pushpin_map_alt = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_relief = y |pushpin_label_position = |coordinates = {{coord|-4.894219|14.400147|type:city|display=inline,title}} |coor_pinpoint = |coordinates_footnotes = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Democratic Republic of the Congo |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = [Kongo Central](/source/Kongo_Central) |subdivision_type2 = Territory |subdivision_name2 = [Seke-Banza](/source/Seke-Banza) |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |established_title = |established_date = |founder = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_urban_footnotes = |area_rural_footnotes = |area_metro_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_note = |area_water_percent = |area_rank = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank2_title = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_urban_km2 = |area_rural_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank2_km2 = |length_km = |width_km = |dimensions_footnotes = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |population_footnotes = |population_as_of = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |timezone1 = |utc_offset1 = |timezone1_DST = |utc_offset1_DST = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code_type = |area_code = |iso_code = }} '''Manyanga''' was a staging post on the route from the coast to [Léopoldville](/source/L%C3%A9opoldville) during the days of the [Congo Free State](/source/Congo_Free_State). It was at the upper end of a navigable reach of the [Congo River](/source/Congo_River) from [Isangila](/source/Isangila), further downstream to the west. Above Manyanga goods had to be carried by land round the falls and rapids to [Stanley Pool](/source/Stanley_Pool). ==Location== The lower part of the Congo River below [Stanley Pool](/source/Stanley_Pool) first descends through the [Livingstone Falls](/source/Livingstone_Falls) and rapids, then has a navigable section from Manyanga to Isangila, and then has further rapids and cataracts down to [Matadi](/source/Matadi), from where it is navigable to the Atlantic Ocean.{{sfn|Kucher|1962–1963|p=20}} ==History== In February 1881 [Henry Morton Stanley](/source/Henry_Morton_Stanley) heard rumours that English missionaries were planning to build a post in the region, and asked [Louis Valcke](/source/Louis_Valcke) to establish an [International African Association](/source/International_African_Association) (AIA) post at Isanghila before they did so. While Valcke continued to develop the Isanghila post, Stanley took the steamers ''[En Avant](/source/En_Avant_(steam_launch))'' and ''Royal'' up the navigable stretch of the river to Manyanga, where Stanley started to build a post, which he entrusted to [Victor Harou](/source/Victor_Harou). He charged [Charles-Marie de Braconnier](/source/Charles-Marie_de_Braconnier) with building a road from Manyanga to the mouth of the [Lufu River](/source/Lufu_River), bypassing the Ntombo-Mataka falls.{{sfn|Coosemans|1953|p=col. 825-836}} In May 1881 Stanley fell ill with a serious fever at Manyanga.{{sfn|Stanley|1885|p=271}} He was not able to consider moving on to [Stanley Pool](/source/Stanley_Pool) until mid-June.{{sfn|Stanley|1885|p=278}} The Baptist missionary [George Grenfell](/source/George_Grenfell) established a chain of missions at [Musuko](/source/Musuko), Isangila and Manyanga.{{sfn|Hawker|1909|p=112}} An American visitor in May 1885 referred to the station as North Manyanga, opposite South Manyanga Station, or N’Gombe, on the south shore.{{sfn|Taunt |1886}} The decision to build a road along the south shore, avoiding territory claimed by the French, followed by construction of the [Matadi-Léopoldville Railway](/source/Matadi-L%C3%A9opoldville_Railway) made the laborious route via Manyanga to Léopoldville obsolete. Today named Pioka, the former station is a minor village. ==Notes== {{notes}}{{reflist|30em}} ==Sources== {{refbegin}} *{{citation |url=https://www.kaowarsom.be/en/notices_valke_louis_pierre_alphonse |accessdate=2020-09-04 |date=20 January 1953 |last=Coosemans |first=Marthe |publisher=Inst. roy. colon. belge |title=Biographie Coloniale Belge |chapter=VALCKE (Louis Pierre Alphonse) |volume=V}} *{{citation |url=https://missiology.org.uk/pdf/e-books/hawker_george/life-of-george-grenfell_hawker.pdf |accessdate=2020-09-04 |last=Hawker |first=George |year=1909 |publisher=The Religious Tract Society |location=London |title=The Life of George Grenfell}} *{{citation |url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Abh-Naturhist-Ges-Nuernberg_31_0001-0126.pdf |accessdate=2020-09-04 |title=Belgien und der Kongo |last=Kucher |first=Walter |lang=de |series=Abhandlungen der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft Nürnberg |volume=XXXI |date=1962–1963}} *{{citation |last=Stanley|first=Henry Morton|title=The Congo and the Founding of Its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wpYA9PAZJq8C&pg=PA271 |accessdate=5 September 2020|date=1885|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-03131-8}} *{{citation |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/u/us-navy-congo-river-expedition-1885.html |accessdate=2020-09-07 |last=Taunt |first=Lieutenant E.H. |location=Naples, Italy |date=26 February 1886 |title=US Navy Congo River Expedition of 1885 : Letter from the Secretary of the Navy - 1887}} {{refend}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:}} Category:Populated places in Kongo Central Category:International Association of the Congo --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Manyanga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manyanga) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manyanga?action=history)). 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