Kinshasa (commune)

The district of Kinshasa is a district in the north of the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is located south of the district of Gombe and the Boulevard du 30 Juin. In existence since the founding of Leopoldville, the place became with Barumbu and Lingwala part of the city developed indigenous beginning of the twentieth century. The place was once the 1940s linked to the historic heart of Leopoldville, now located at Kintambo, from the Boulevard du 30 juin. He gave his name to the entire city in 1966.

The district is now home to several institutions of the city of Kinshasa, such as the Grand Market of Kinshasa, the Somba Zikita Market, and the zoological garden.

Demographics

Démographie
1967 = 56640
1970 = 73826
1984 = 74708
2003 = 159430
2004 = 164857

ee also

*List of Communes of Kinshasa