Kinshasa (commune)

Kinshasa
Commune
Commune de Kinshasa
Map
Map
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Kinshasa commune on map of city-province
Kinshasa city-province on map of DR Congo
Kinshasa city-province on map of DR Congo
Coordinates: 04°19′24″S 15°18′29″E / 4.32333°S 15.30806°E / -4.32333; 15.30806[1]
Country DR Congo
City-ProvinceKinshasa
Area
 • Total
2.87 km2 (1.11 sq mi)
Population
 (2004 est.)
 • Total
164,857
 • Density57,000/km2 (150,000/sq mi)

Kinshasa is a municipality (commune) in the Lukunga district of the city of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] It is situated in the north of the city, south of Gombe and the Boulevard du 30 Juin.

History

Kinshassa Station, by the Stanley Pool (1885)
Kinshassa village (1912)

Founded and inhabited by the Teke people or Humbu people [fr], the fishing village of Kinshassa, also spelled Kinchassa, was located at the river Congo before the arrival of the European colonialists. The word nshasa translates as "marsh". Henry Morton Stanley founded the station next to it after signing a treaty with the Teke chief Ntsuvila in the later half of the 19th century. It was linked by steam boat with other stations along the river and the Stanley Pool. With the foundation and expansion of neighbouring Léopoldville Station, it became, along with Barumbu, Gombe and Lingwala, part of the city in the beginning of the 20th century.

In the 1940s it was linked to the historic heart of Léopoldville, now located at Kintambo, by the boulevard du 30‑Juin. With the Africanization program initiated by President Mobutu in 1966, the name of the entire city was changed to Kinshasa, based on the original village.

The area is now home to several institutions of the city of Kinshasa, such as the Kinshasa Central Market and the Somba Zikita Market [fr].

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Géographie de Kinshasa (Geography of Kinshasa)" (in French). Ville de Kinshasa (City of Kinshasa). Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2011.


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