Leopoldstad

Kinshasa Ville de Kinshasa
Ville-province (city-province)
City сentre
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Nickname(s): Kin la belle (English: Kin the beautiful)
DRC, highlighting the city-province of Kinshasa
Kinshasa DRC, highlighting the city-province of Kinshasa
Coordinates: 4°19′30″S 15°19′20″E / 4.32500°S 15.32222°E / -4.32500; 15.32222Coordinates: 4°19′30″S 15°19′20″E / 4.32500°S 15.32222°E / -4.32500; 15.32222
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Province	Kinshasa
Founded	1881
Administrative HQ	La Gombe
Communes	List Bandalungwa Barumbu Bumbu Gombe Kalamu Kasa-Vubu Kimbanseke Kinshasa Kintambo Kisenso Lemba Limete Lingwala Makala Maluku Masina Matete Mont Ngafula Ndjili Ngaba Ngaliema Ngiri-Ngiri Nsele Selembao
Government
• Governor	André Kimbuta
Area
• City-province	9,965 km2 (3,848 sq mi)
• Urban	600 km2 (200 sq mi)
Elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Population (2017)
• Urban	11,855,000
• Urban density	20,000/km2 (51,000/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 situated on the Congo River.

Once a site of fishing and trading villages, Kinshasa is now a megacity with an estimated population of more than 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 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.

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