Pointe de Kalina

Pointe de Kalina is a cape in Kinshasa, DR Congo. Pointe de Kalina is situated nearby to the locality Place de la Justice, as well as near the suburb Gombe.

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Palace and Boboto College.

National Palace

Government building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Palace of the Nation is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is situated in Gombe, in the northern part of Kinshasa, next to the Congo River.

Boboto College

School

Boboto College is a private Catholic school run by the Society of Jesus in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was founded by the Belgian Jesuits in 1937.

National Institute of Biomedical Research

Government office

The Institut National de la Recherche Biomédicale is the national medical research organization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The responsible ministry is the Ministry of Scientific Research and Technology.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brazzaville and Kinshasa.

Brazzaville

Photo: Prével EPOTA, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brazzaville is the capital of the Republic of Congo, and serves as the financial and administrative center of the country. It can be a pleasant stopover to Pointe Noire or visits to the Congolese rain forests.

Kinshasa

Photo: Antoine Moens de Hase, CC BY 2.0.

Kinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It faces Brazzaville, the capital of the neighbouring Republic of the Congo, which can be seen in the distance across the wide Congo River.

Pointe de Kalina

Type: Cape
Also known as: “Pointe Kalima”
Category: landform
Location: Kinshasa, Kinshasa City, DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-4.29994° or 4° 17′ 60″ south

Longitude

15.28092° or 15° 16′ 51″ east

Elevation

284 metres (932 feet)

Open location code

6F7QP72J+29

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11181698865

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

2315190

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Place de la Justice and Gombe.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Primature and Bibliothèque Nationale du Congo.

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