Kinshasa
capital and the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo having the status of a province
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Summary
Kinshasa is a first-level administrative division[1]. Kinshasa ranks in the top 10% of first level administrative division entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,105 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Democratic Republic of the Congo[4]
- Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Congo[6]
- Continent: Africa[7]
- Instance of: border city[8], megacity[9], largest city[10], primate city[11], national capital[12]
- Official language: French[13]
- Shares border with: Kongo Central[14], Brazzaville[15], Mai-Ndombe Province[16], Kwilu[17], Kwango Province[18]
- Founder: Henry Morton Stanley[19]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bandalungwa[20], Barumbu[21], Bumbu[22], Gombe[23], Kalamu[24], Kasa-Vubu[25], Kimbanseke[26], Kinshasa (commune)[27], Kintambo[28], Kisenso[29], Lemba[30], Limete[31], Lingwala[32], Makala[33]
- Twinned administrative body: Dakar[34], Brazzaville[35], Brussels metropolitan area[36], Tehran[37], Utrecht[38], Ankara[39], Incheon[40]
- Legislative body: Provincial Assembly of Kinshasa[41]
- Commons category: Kinshasa[42]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[43], West Africa Time[44]
- Local dialing code: 0987-[45], 1[46]
- Inception: January 1, 1881[47]
- Official website: http://www.kinshasa.cd[48]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kinshasa[49]
- Commons gallery: Kinshasa[50]
- Population: 1600[51], 40,300[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Kinshasa include Léopoldville[53], an ocean liner[54].
Why It Matters
Kinshasa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Kinshasa is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for Kinshasa include Léopoldville[53], an ocean liner[54].