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Kinshasa: 1885 Postal services S A Société nationale des Chemins de fer du Congo: Industrials Railroads Kinshasa: 1889 Railways S A Feronia Inc. Consumer goods Farming & fishing Kinshasa: 1911 Farm operator P A Filair: Consumer services Airlines Kinshasa? Airline P D FlyCongo: Consumer services Airlines Kinshasa: 2012 Airline, defunct 2012 P ...
The hospitals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) include the General Hospital of Kinshasa. The DRC has the world's second-highest rate of infant mortality (after Chad). In April 2011, through aid from Global Alliance for Vaccines, a new vaccine to prevent pneumococcal disease was introduced around Kinshasa. [241]
This is a list of places, mostly cities and towns, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without regard to their official status. ... Kinshasa: Léopoldville
This is a list of diplomatic missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as DR Congo or Congo-Kinshasa. There are currently 60 embassies in Kinshasa. Other major cities, namely Lubumbashi and Goma, are host to career consular missions and liaison offices. Honorary consulates are omitted from this listing.
Kinshasa (/ k ɪ n ˈ ʃ ɑː s ə /; French:; Lingala: Kinsásá), formerly named Léopoldville until 30 June 1966, is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one of the world's fastest-growing megacities.
The economy of the second largest country in Africa relies heavily on mining. The Congo is the world's largest producer of cobalt ore, [38] and a major producer of copper and industrial diamonds. The Congo has more than 30% of the world's diamond reserves., [39] mostly in the form of small, industrial
Its head office is at the intersection of N'Dolo Airport and Avenue Kabasele Tshiamala, [2] in the Ndolo neighbourhood of the Barumbu commune of Kinshasa. [3] The agency operates 54 airports in the DRC.
The General Confederation of Labour of the Congo (Confédération Générale du Travail du Congo or CGTC) is a national trade union centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions .