Matete is one of the 24

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that are the

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s 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

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of the

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Location

Matete is located south of Boulevard Lumumba () from the Matete River, just east of the

Limete Tower The Limete Tower (also known as french: Tour de l'Échangeur; "Interchange Tower" or french: Tour des Héros nationaux du Congo; "Tower of the National Heroes of Congo") is a tower located in the commune of Limete in Kinshasa, the capital city o ...

interchange, to the

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further east. The two rivers are the western and eastern boundaries of the commune. In the west the commune extends south to the level of Rue Frontière and in the east down to the level of Mbamba Kilenda street. Kinshasa Matete

Matete's neighboring communes going clockwise from the south are:

Kisenso Kisenso ( ln, Kinsénso) is a municipality (''commune'') in the Mont Amba district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC) ...

Lemba Lemba may refer to: * ''Lemba'' (grasshopper), a genus of insect in the subfamily Caryandinae * Lemba people, an African ethnic group in Southern Africa ;Places * Lemba, Kinshasa, a commune in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo * Lembá ...

Limete Limete is one of the 24 communes that are the administrative divisions of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Location Limete is located south of the Pool Malebo between the mouths of the Funa and Ndjili rive ...

, and Ndjili.

Government

The administration of Matete is led by an unelected government appointed

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(french: bourgmestre, links=no). As of 2020 the burgomaster is Anto Longange. The reform of having burgomasters elected by communal councils awaits the inaugural election of these councils.

Electoral district

With 134,452 on its voter rolls Matete is an electoral district for both the election of a nine-member communal council and that of a

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of the Provincial Assembly of Kinshasa. The council election is by

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. For the

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Matete is part of the Kinshasa III district (

Mont Amba Mont Amba is an area of the capital city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, comprising five of the city-province's twenty-four administrative divisions—the communes of Kisenso, Lemba, Limete, Matete and Ngaba. It is one of the four s ...

). Nationwide communal council elections were scheduled for 22 September 2019 but did not take place. In December of that year President Tshisekedi declared that these elections would be held sometime in 2020. The Provincial Assembly election was held as part of the

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on 30 December 2018. Joseph Malungeni Makengo ( MLC) is the deputy representing Matete in the new legislature.

Administrative divisions

In 2014 the numerous neighborhoods of Matete were divided among the following 13 quarters (french: quartiers, links=no):In addition to this administrative meaning, ''quartier'' can also simply mean a neighborhood of which Matete has 39–54 depending on the source. Each of these is managed by a quarter chief.

Notes

References

{{Communes of Kinshasa Communes of Kinshasa Mont Amba District