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Provincial capital and city in Kasai-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Mbuji-Mayi (formerly known as Bakwanga) is a sprawling city in Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Mbuji-Mayi might be the second-largest city in the DRC, but nobody really knows for sure. It is considered a particularly chaotic and lawless city even amongst the Congolese.
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Given the state of roads and the rail system in the DRC, the only practical way to access the city is via air.
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