Kinshasa
Kinshasa (umwhile French: Léopoldville, an Dutch: 
Leopoldstad (help·info)) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the Democratic Republic o the Congo (umwhile, Zaire). The ceety is locatit on the Congo River.
Kinshasa Ville de Kinshasa | |
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Ville-province (city-province) | |
 City Centre | |
.svg) Banner  Seal | |
| Eik-name(s): Kin la belle (Scots: Kin the beautiful) | |
 DRC, heichlichtin the ceety-province o Kinshasa | |
  Kinshasa DRC, heichlichtin the ceety-province o Kinshasa | |
| Coordinates: 4°19′30″S 15°19′20″E / 4.32500°S 15.32222°ECoordinates: 4°19′30″S 15°19′20″E / 4.32500°S 15.32222°E | |
| Kintra |  Democratic Republic o the Congo |
| Province | Kinshasa |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Administrative HQ | La Gombe |
| Communes | |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | André Kimbuta |
| Area | |
| • City-province | 9965 km2 (3,848 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 583 km2 (225 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Population (2014)[2] | |
| • City-province | 10,125,000 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 10,125,000 |
| • Urban density | 17,000/km2 (45,000/sq mi) |
| • Leid | French Lingala Kikongo |
| Time zone | GMT+1 |
| Area code(s) | 243 + 9 |
| HDI | 0.58 Medium (2012)[3] |
| Website | www.kinshasa.cd |
Ance a steid o fishin veelages, Kinshasa is nou a urban aurie wi a population o 10,076,099 indwallers in 2009. The ceety o Brazzaville (aboot 1.2 million in 2007 wi its suburbs), caipital o the Republic o the Congo, ligs juist athort the Congo River fae Kinshasa. Wi Brazzaville, the conurbation o Kinshasa-Brazzaville gane thegither haes sicweys naurly 12 million indwallers—makkin it the maist populous transborder metropolitan aurie in the warld. Acause the admeenistrative bundaries kiver sic a vast aurie, ower 60% o the ceety's laund is landwart in naitur, an the urban aurie anerlie occupees a smaw section in the faur wastren end o the province.
Sister ceeties
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Bologna (Italy)
Brazzaville (Republic o the Congo)
Brussels (Belgium) (syne 2002)
Dakar (Senegal)
Ankara (Turkey)
References
eedit- ↑ "Géographie de Kinshasa". Ville de Kinshasa. Archived frae the original on 23 Julie 2012. Retrieved 25 Juin 2012.
- ↑ a b c "DemographiaWorld Urban Areas - 8th Annual Edition" (PDF). Demographia. Apryle 2012. Retrieved 25 Juin 2012.
- ↑ "State of the World's Cities 2012/2013" (PDF). UN Habitat. 2013. p. 18. Retrieved 18 Mairch 2015.
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