Mont Ngafula

Mont Ngafula Commune de Mont Ngafula
—  Commune  —
Northern portion of Mont Ngafula on a map of Kinshasa communes
Kinshasa city-province on a map of the DRC
Coordinates: 04°25′29″S 15°17′44″E / 4.42472°S 15.29556°E / -4.42472; 15.29556Coordinates: 04°25′29″S 15°17′44″E / 4.42472°S 15.29556°E / -4.42472; 15.29556[1]
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Province	Kinshasa
District	Lukunga
Area
– Total	358.92 km2 (138.6 sq mi)
Population (2004 est.)
– Total	261,004
– Density	727.2/km2 (1,883.4/sq mi)

Mont Ngafula is a municipality (commune) in the Lukunga district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2]

It is in the hilly southern area of Kinshasa and is intersected by the Lukaya River valley in its southern portion.

Residence in the area is relatively new; in the 1970s, it became home to a small number of upper and middle-class business executives, politicians and other relatively affluent people. However, many of the would-be extravagant compounds commissioned remain incomplete, mainly due to the drastic economic decline that characterized the latter portion of the Mobutu era.

Demographics

Historical population of Mont Ngafula

1967	1970	1984	2003	2004
2,040	29,811	52,820	252,412	261,004

See also

• Claudine André

References

1. ^ "Mont Ngafula, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo". Google Maps. http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x1a6a3a43f14a8ddd:0x266413165f1a9a. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
2. ^ "Géographie de Kinshasa (Geography of Kinshasa)" (in French). Ville de Kinshasa (City of Kinshasa). http://www.kinshasa.cd/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=300. Retrieved 20 August 2011.