Palabala

Palabala is a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is mentioned in The River Congo from its mouth to Bólobó; with a general description of the natural history and anthropology of its western basin by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston. It was a stop on the Compagnie du [Chemin de Fer du Congo] railway. Several American missionaries served there.
According to Johnston it is south of Vivi, [Democratic Republic of the Congo|Vivi] and near the Lualaba River. He described it as "on the crest of a great hill, 1600 feet high" and described a missionary presence with inhabitants greeting him with "morning".
Many Baptist missionaries were stationed there in the late 19th century.
A plaque in the area commemorates the railway connecting Matadi to Stanley-Pool.
An orphan named "Quangu" from Palabala was given the name Estey Carolina and was sent so Estey Seminary in the United States. Missionary Ezra Cole Boone died in Palabala.