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Kinshasa is a municipality (''
Founded and inhabited by the
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
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'') in the Lukunga
Lukunga is an area of the capital city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, comprising seven of the city-province's twenty-four administrative divisions—the communes of Barumbu, Gombe, Kinshasa, Kintambo, Lingwala, Mont Ngafula and Ng ...
district of the city of 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 o ...
, the capital
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of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
. It is situated in the north of the city, south of Gombe and the Boulevard du 30 Juin
The Boulevard du 30 Juin ("Boulevard of June 30th") is a major 5‑km street in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the city center's main transport artery, connecting the southern area of La Gombe (Kinshasa's politica ...
.
History
Founded and inhabited by the Teke people
The Teke people or Bateke, also known as the Tyo or Tio, are a Bantu Central African ethnic group that speak the Teke languages and that mainly inhabit the south, north, and center of the Republic of the Congo, the west of the Democratic Repub ...
or , the fishing village of Kinshassa, also spelled Kinchassa, was located at the river Congo before the arrival of the European colonialists. The word ''nshasa'' translates as "marsh". Henry Morton Stanley
Sir Henry Morton Stanley (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904) was a Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa
Cen ...
founded the station next to it after signing a treaty with the Teke chief Ntsuvila in the later half of the 19th century. It was linked by steam boat with other stations along the river and the Stanley Pool
The Pool Malebo, formerly Stanley Pool, also known as Mpumbu, Lake Nkunda or Lake Nkuna by local indigenous people in pre-colonial times, is a lake-like widening in the lower reaches of the Congo River.
. With the foundation and expansion of neighbouring Léopoldville Station, it became, along with Barumbu
Barumbu is a municipality (''commune'') in the Lukunga district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is situated in the north of Kinshasa, south of Gombe and the Boulevard du 30 Juin. Barumbu is historically ...
, Gombe and Lingwala
Lingwala is a municipality (''commune'') in the Lukunga district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is situated in northern Kinshasa, south of Gombe and ''Boulevard du 30 Juin
The Boulevard du 30 Juin ("Bo ...
, part of the city in the beginning of the 20th century.
In the 1940s it was linked to the historic heart of Léopoldville, now located at Kintambo, by the '. With the Africanization program initiated by President Mobutu in 1966, the name of the entire city was changed to Kinshasa, based on the original village.
The area is now home to several institutions of the city of Kinshasa, such as the , the , and the zoological garden
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See also
*Communes of Kinshasa
The city-province (''ville-province'' in French) of Kinshasa is divided into 24 ''commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
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References
External links
* Communes of Kinshasa Lukunga District {{DRCongo-geo-stub