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Kinshasa
Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one of the world's fastest growing megacities. The city of Kinshasa is also one of the DRC's 26 provinces. Because the administrative boundaries of the city-province cover a vast area, over 90 percent of the city-province's land is rural in nature, and the urban area occupies a small but expanding section on the western side. Kinshasa is Africa's third-largest metropolitan area after Cairo and Lagos. It is also the world's largest nominally Francophone urban area, with French being the language of government, education, media, public services and high-end commerce in the city, while Lingala is used as a ''lingua franca'' in the street. Kinshasa hosted the 14th Francophonie Summit in October 2012. Residents of Kinshasa are known as ''Kinoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 Heures (Montreal)
24 Heures (French for "24 hours") may refer to: Events * 24 Heures du Mans, the French-language name of 24 Hours of Le Mans, an annual sports car race held near Le Mans, France * 24 heures vélo de Louvain-la-Neuve (English: The 24-Hour Bike Ride of Louvain-la-Neuve), an annual bicycle festival held in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Publications * ''24 heures'' (Switzerland), a regional daily newspaper published in Lausanne, Switzerland * ''24 heures'' (Abidjan), a daily newspaper published in Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, ..., Côte d'Ivoire * ''24 Heures'', the French-language edition in Montreal, Canada, of 24 Hours (newspaper), ''24 Hours'' (newspaper), a chain of free daily newspapers published in Canada See also * 24 Hours (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
