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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. Kinshasa is one of the world's fastest-growing megacities, with an estimated population, in 2024, of 17,032,322. [6]
[26] [27] [28] The river was known as Zaire during the 16th and 17th centuries; Congo seems to have replaced Zaire gradually in English usage during the 18th century, and Congo is the preferred English name in 19th-century literature, although references to Zaire as the name used by the natives (i.e., derived from Portuguese usage) remained ...
In 1965 Mobutu Sese Seko seized power in the Congo in his second coup and initiated a policy of "Africanizing" the names of people and places in the country. In 1966, Léopoldville was renamed Kinshasa for a village named Kinchassa that once stood near the site. The city developed as the bureaucratic and cultural capital of the country, and ...
Kinshasa is a municipality in the Lukunga district of the city of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] It is situated in the north of the city, south of Gombe and the Boulevard du 30 Juin .
The Congo River forms much of the border between these two countries. The Congo Basin comes from the river. Congo or The Congo may refer to: Congo River, in central Africa; Congo Basin, the sedimentary basin of the river; Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, sometimes referred to as "Congo-Kinshasa"
1964 Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Republic of the Congo (French: République du Congo) was the period of the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1960 and 1971. Located in Central Africa, the state was created with the independence of the Belgian Congo in 1960.
1908 - Town becomes part of Belgian Congo.; 1909 - Banque du Congo Belge headquartered in Léopoldville (approximate date). [3]1914 - Grand Hotel ABC built. [4]1917 - Collège Saint-Joseph founded.
Common English country names: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Zaire; Official English country name: The Democratic Republic of the Congo; Adjectives: Congolese, Congo; Demonym(s): ISO country codes: CD, COD, 180; ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:CD; Internet country code top-level domain: .cd