Kinshasa
Capital and the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo having the status of a province
Also known as Leopoldstad
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo(since 1997)
1
- , Zaire(1971–1997)
- , Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)(1960–1971)
- +2 more
- Democratic Republic of the Congo(since 1997)
- Located in
- Democratic Republic of the Congo(since 1964)
- , Stanley Pool District(1888–1926)
- , Leopoldville Province(1933–1964)
- Population
- 14.6M(July 1, 2020)
- , 11.9M(2016)
- , 11.6M(July 1, 2015)
- +19 more
- Area
- 9,965 km²
- Elevation
- 240 m
- Founded
- 1881
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
194 statements · 18% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Dakar(since 2015)
1
Sources- 1.“Dakar, Kinshasa et Brazzaville signent un accord de jumelage”uclga.org/news-fr/dakar-kinshasa-et-brazzaville-signent-un-accord-de-jumelage/?lang=fr
- Brazzaville(since 2015)
1
Sources- 1.“Dakar, Kinshasa et Brazzaville signent un accord de jumelage”uclga.org/news-fr/dakar-kinshasa-et-brazzaville-signent-un-accord-de-jumelage/?lang=fr
- Brussels metropolitan area
1
Sources- 1.“RDC-Belgique/ Partenariat : Kinshasa et Bruxelles renforcent leur coopération décentralisée”jumelages-partenariats.com/actualites.php?n=16030&art=RDC-Belgique/_Partenariat_:_Kinshasa_et_Bruxelles_renforcent_leur_coop%C3%A9ration_d%C3%A9centralis%C3%A9e
- Tehran
- Utrecht
- Ankara
- Incheon(since 2007)
1
Sources- 1.“Congo-Kinshasa: Jumelage de la ville de Kinshasa à la ville sud-coréenne d'Incheon”fr.allafrica.com/stories/200709190371.html
- Dakar(since 2015)
- Capital of
- Democratic Republic of the Congo(since 1997)
- Belgian Congo
- Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
- Zaire(1971–1997)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (1965–1971)
- Leopoldville Province(1933–1964)
- Local dialing code
- 0987-
- 1
- Named after
- Leopold II of Belgium(1881–1966) applies to name of subject: Léopoldville
- Demonym
- Kinŝasano
- Kinois applies to part: masculine singular · grammatical gender: masculine
- Kinoise applies to part: feminine singular · grammatical gender: feminine
- Official name
- Kinshasa(since 1966)
- Kinshasa(since 1966)
- Léopoldville(1881–1966)
- Leopoldstad(until 1966)
- Native label
- Kinshasa
- Member of
- Creative Cities Network(since 2015) subject has role: City of Music
1
- Creative Cities Network(since 2015) subject has role: City of Music
- Geoshape
- Data:Democratic Republic of the Congo/Kinshasa City.map
- Hashtag
- Kinshasa
- Office held by the head of government
- governor subject has role: province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Replaces
- Leopoldville Province(since 1964) nature of statement: partially
- Name
- Леопольдвиль(until 1966)
- Киншаса(since 1966)
On other databases
70 identifiers linking Kinshasa across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID8377
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinekinsasa
- BBC News topic IDcvl7nevxdert
- BBC Things ID2d7e8146-5478-4810-ac11-6957495e647a
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID179948926
- BlackPast.org IDglobal-african-history/places-global-african-history/kinshasa-congo-1881
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDleopoldville
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10263794
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Kinshasa
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDkinshasa
- Facebook location ID113766458633901
- FactGrid item IDQ87219
- FAST ID1203892
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)CG06
- Freebase ID/m/0cf0s
- GeoNames ID2314302
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7000628
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online IDKinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- GND ID4030682-3
- Google Knowledge Graph ID/g/11dyl13t0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDkinshasa
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0035702
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDKinshasa
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)2065203
- Gynopedia IDKinshasa
- Hrvatska enciklopedija IDkinshasa
- IdRef ID027406237
- INaturalist place ID12536
- Interlingual Index IDi82792
- ISO 3166-2 codeCD-KN
- J9U entity ID987007547818005171
- Joconde location IDT84-4365
- Klexikon article IDKinshasa
- Le Figaro tag IDKinshasa
- Lex IDKinshasa
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn78073109
- Museum-digital place ID59299
- MusicBrainz area IDe9d90440-aadd-4b52-86cd-2764c7595ef4
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000973570
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX458115
- NDL Authority ID00628427
- NE.se IDkinshasa
- NL CR AUT IDge615923
- Omni topic ID757b456e38100d8e90b06e6130c94638c4773172
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3922362
- OpenStreetMap node ID27043346
- OpenWeatherMap city ID2314302
- Postimees topic ID25202
- Proleksis enciklopedija ID31150
- Quora topic IDKinshasa-Congo
- Reddit topic ID (obsolete)kinshasa
- RKD thesaurus ID40376
- Slovak National Library (VIAF) IDvtls012573517
- SNARC IDQ1376
- Treccani's Dizionario di Storia IDkinshasa
- Tripadvisor ID294187
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10044506
- UN/LOCODECDFIH
- VIAF cluster ID138356270
- Vikidia article IDen:Kinshasa
- Who's on First ID421166913
- WikiKids IDKinshasa
- Wolfram Language entity codeEntity["Concept", "Kinshasa::28n99"]
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID08752997-n
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJmdxrFjbTf8BjcqKtqYT3
- Yale LUX IDconcept/ea528adf-0ce9-425e-a348-f374d5ed9f35
- Yle topic ID18-169083
- YouTube channel IDUCeHBtCNfoEBLBC3Z1EWSckw
- YouTube handlevilledekinshasa3595
- YSO ID508437