Gombe

Gombe, also known as La Gombe, or Downtown Kinshasa, is one of the 24 communes of , in the western part of the .
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  • Suburb with 89,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 281 metres (922 feet)
  • Description: commune in the province of Kinshasa
  • Also known as
    “Gombe, Kinshasa”
    “Kalina”
    “Kin-gombe”
    “Kinshasa-Gombe”
    “La Gombe”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Palace and Stade des Martyrs.

Government building
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The Palace of the Nation is the official residence and…

Stadium
The de la Pentecôte, commonly… is situated 3½ km southeast of Gombe.

Government office
The Institut National de la Recherche Biomédicale…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kinshasa and Brazzaville.

Photo: Antoine Moens de Hase, CC BY 2.0.
is the capital of the .

Photo: Prével EPOTA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the capital of the Republic of Congo…

Gombe

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Latitude
-4.315° or 4° 18′ 54″ south
Longitude
15.2834° or 15° 17′ 0″ east
Open location code
6F7QM7PM+29
Open­Street­Map ID
node 435748363
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7701220
Wiki­data ID
Q3078952

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Gombe” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “La Gombe”
  • Catalan: “Gombe”
  • Cebuano: “Gombe (teritoryo)”
  • Cebuano: “Gombe”
  • Chinese: “貢貝區”
  • Chinese: “贡贝区”
  • Dutch: “Gombe”
  • French: “Gombe”
  • French: “Kallina”
  • French: “La Gombe”
  • German: “Gombe”
  • German: “Kallina”
  • German: “La Gombe”
  • Hausa: “Gombe, Kinshasa”
  • Hausa: “Gombe”
  • Hausa: “LGA”
  • Indonesian: “La Gombe”
  • Italian: “Gombe”
  • Japanese: “ラ・ゴンベ”
  • Kongo: “Gômbé komine ya kizunga”
  • Kongo: “Gômbé”
  • Lingala: “Gombe”
  • Lingala: “La Gombe”
  • Polish: “Gombe”
  • Portuguese: “Gombe”
  • Slovenian: “Gombe”
  • Slovenian: “Kallina”
  • Slovenian: “La Gombe”
  • Spanish: “Gombe”
  • Spanish: “La Gombe”
  • Swedish: “Gombe”

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