Nangazizi is a settlement in the province of Haut-Uélé in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[5] On 1 May 1872 the Italian explorer Giovanni Miani arrived at Nangazizi, the base of chief Mbunza, where he rested until 25 May 1872.

[6] In the second half of November that year Miani's expedition returned to Nangazizi.

[6] Miani died there on 21 November 1872 from a combination of fatigue, dysentery and necrosis of the arm.

Later Romolo Gessi managed to obtain the bones, which were given to the Italian Geographic Society.