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Kinshasa
4.33° S, 15.31° E
- Population
- 7,843,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 45
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 45 cities of Democratic Republic of the Congo in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Democratic Republic of the Congo, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1881
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 240 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 9,965 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Named after
- Leopold II of Belgium
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- Africa/Kinshasa
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Practical bearings for Kinshasa, from the same records as the rest of this page.
Country
Democratic Republic of the CongoCountry profileOn the ground
No mapped places yetDistricts not mappedNo places in Kinshasa have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
