In 1966 Leopoldville, the capital of Congo, was renamed this
In 1965, as in 1960, the division of power in Congo-Lopoldville 
between .... other geographic name changes had already taken place, between 
1966... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia [PAR] The region that is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo was first settled 
about 80,000 ... Mobutu quickly seized complete power of the Congo and 
renamed the country Zaire.