Léopoldville
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Kinshasa Ville de Kinshasa |
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| Nickname(s): Kin la belle (English: Kin the beautiful) |
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_-_Kinshasa.svg) DRC, highlighting the city-province of Kinshasa |
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 Kinshasa
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| 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 | |||
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 Democratic Republic of the Congo
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| Province | Kinshasa | ||
| Founded | 1881 | ||
| Administrative HQ | La Gombe | ||
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| • Governor | André Kimbuta | ||
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| • City-province | 9,965 km2 (3,848 sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 583 km2 (225 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 240 m (790 ft) | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • City-province | 10,125,000 | ||
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 21,265,000 | ||
| • Urban density | 36,000/km2 (94,000/sq mi) | ||
| • Language | French, Lingala | ||
| Time zone | GMT+1 | ||
| Area code(s) | 243 + 9 | ||
| HDI | 0.58 Medium (2012) | ||
| Website | www.kinshasa.cd | ||
Kinshasa (/kɪnˈʃɑːsə/; formerly Léopoldville (French: Léopoldville or Dutch 
Leopoldstad )) is the capital and the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is on the Congo River.
Once a site of fishing villages, Kinshasa is now an urban area with a 2014 population of over 11 million. It faces Brazzaville, the capital of the neighbouring Republic of the Congo, which can be seen in the distance across the wide Congo River, making them the two closest capital cities on Earth after Rome and the Vatican City. 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% of the city-province's land is rural in nature, and the urban area only occupies a small section in the far western end of the city-province.
Kinshasa is Africa's third-largest urban area after Cairo and Lagos. It is also the world's largest Francophone urban area (recently surpassing Paris in population), with French being the language of government, schools, newspapers, 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.
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