Kinshasa City

Kinshasa is a commune of the city-province of , located in the Lukunga District in the western part of the . Situated in the northern section of the capital, the commune covers an area of 2.9 square kilometers and had an estimated population of 453,632 as of 2015.
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  • Type: commune of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with 165,000 residents
  • Description: commune in the north of the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Also known as: Kinshasa”, “Kinshasa (commune)”, “Kinshasa Federal District”, “La Ville de Kinshasa”, “Leopoldville”, “Leopoldville Federal District”, and “Ville de Kinshasa

Kinshasa City

Latitude
-4.375° or 4° 22′ 30″ south
Longitude
15.97° or 15° 58′ 12″ east
Population
165,000
Elevation
676 metres (2,218 feet)
Open location code
6F7QJXF9+XX
Geo­Names ID
2314300
Wiki­data ID
Q3091458
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Slovenian—“Kinshasa City” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Kinshasa
  • Belarusian: Кіншаса
  • Cebuano: Kinshasa City
  • Chinese: 金沙萨区
  • Chinese: 金沙萨市区
  • Chinese: 金沙薩區
  • Chinese: 金沙薩市區
  • Dutch: Kinshasa
  • French: Commune de Kinshasa
  • French: Hameau de Kinshasa
  • French: Kinchassa
  • French: Kinshasa (commune)
  • French: Kinshasa
  • Indonesian: Kinshasa
  • Japanese: キンシャサ区
  • Kongo: Kinsasa
  • Kongo: Kinsâsa
  • Lingala: Kinsásá
  • Portuguese: Kinshasa
  • Portuguese: Quinxassa
  • Russian: Киншаса
  • Slovenian: Kinšasa

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