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kinshasa
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kinshasa \Kinshasa\ prop. n. the capital city of Zaire, formerly named Leopoldville.
Syn: Leopoldville.
Wikipedia
Kinshasa (; formerly Leopoldville ( or Dutch )) is the capital and the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the Congo River.
Once a site of fishing villages, Kinshasa is now an urban area with a 2014 population of over 11 million. It faces Brazzaville, the capital of the neighboring Republic of the Congo, which can be seen in the distance across the wide Congo River, making them the two closest capital cities on Earth. The city of Kinshasa is also one of the DRC's 26 provinces. Because the administrative boundaries of the city-province cover a vast area, over 90% of the city-province's land is rural in nature, and the urban area only occupies a small section in the far western end of the city-province.
Kinshasa is the third-largest urban area in Africa after Cairo and Lagos. It is also the largest " francophone" urban area in the world (recently surpassing Paris in population), with French being the language of government, schools, newspapers, public services and high-end commerce in the city, while Lingala is used as a lingua franca in the street. Kinshasa hosted the 14th Francophonie Summit in October 2012.
Residents of Kinshasa are known as Kinois (in French and sometimes in English) or Kinshasans (English).
Kinshasa is a municipality ( commune) in the Lukunga district of the city of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is situated in the east of the city, south of Gombe and the Boulevard du 30 Juin.
Usage examples of "kinshasa".
It will compel thefatcats of Kinshasa to pull out their corrupt soldiers from East Congo and leave us to manage ourselves.
God-fearing Kivutian, who loves the Congo and wishes to remain a Congolese patriot under one decent and efficient government in Kinshasa if you wish to drive the Rwandan butchers and exploiters back across their borders one and all then kindly stay exactly where you are.
My friends, I am more loyal to our capital city of Kinshasa than Kinshasa is to itself!
It is our corrupt government of loquacious fat cats in Kinshasa who sell our birthright to the foreigners, and then tax us for our trouble!
Bukavu today, Goma tomorrow, Rwandans out, screw the UN, and Kinshasa can kiss our arses.
The colonel tells us Kinshasa will receive no financial benefit from the coup.
But when the dust has settled, it will be Kinshasa, not the Mwangaza, who will have the last word.
If an election comes, Kinshasa will draw borders that give the Banyamulenge no voice in Parliament.
But with the mention of Kinshasa, the mood in the living room alters radically, and so does Haj.
Haj: You want to know who they are, these wise guys in Kinshasa I spoke to?
Philip: On the day Kinshasa appoints the Mwangaza Governor of South Kivu, obviously.
When he pours scorn on Tabizi and the Mwangaza for cutting their dirty deal with Kinshasa, it barely falters.
The Mwangaza has mortgaged our birthright to the Kinshasa fatcatsf Forsaking Hannah, he places himself in front of me.
Unconfirmed reports from the Congolese capital Kinshasa speak of a spontaneous outbreak of fighting between rival militias in the eastern region of the country.
I listen to Gavin, our Central Africa correspondent, giving us the story so far: According to the Congolese government in Kinshasa, a Rwandan-backed putsch has been nipped in the bud, thanks to a brilliantly executed security operation based on first-class intelligence.