Kinshasa

Kinshasa (umwhile French: Léopoldville, an Dutch: Leopoldstad ) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the Democratic Republic o the Congo (umwhile, Zaire). The ceety is locatit on the Congo River.

Kinshasa Ville de Kinshasa
Ville-province (city-province)
City Centre
Banner Seal
Eik-name(s):  Kin la belle (Scots: Kin the beautiful)
DRC, heichlichtin the ceety-province o Kinshasa
Kinshasa DRC, heichlichtin the ceety-province o Kinshasa
Coordinates: 4°19′30″S 15°19′20″E
Kintra	Democratic Republic o the Congo
Province	Kinshasa
Founded	1881
Administrative HQ	La Gombe
Communes	Leet Bandalungwa Barumbu Bumbu Gombe Kalamu Kasa-Vubu Kimbanseke Kinshasa Kintambo Kisenso Lemba Limete Lingwala Makala Maluku Masina Matete Mont Ngafula Ndjili Ngaba Ngaliema Ngiri-Ngiri Nsele Selembao
Govrenment
• Govrenor	André Kimbuta
Area [1]
• City-province	9965 km2 (3,848 sq mi)
• Urban [2]	583 km2 (225 sq mi)
Elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Population  (2014)[2]
• City-province	10,125,000
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
• Urban [2]	10,125,000
• Urban density	17,000/km2 (45,000/sq mi)
• Leid	French Lingala Kikongo
Time zone	GMT+1
Area code(s)	243 + 9
HDI	0.58 Medium (2012)[3]
Website	www.kinshasa.cd

Ance a steid o fishin veelages, Kinshasa is nou a urban aurie wi a population o 10,076,099 indwallers in 2009. The ceety o Brazzaville (aboot 1.2 million in 2007 wi its suburbs), caipital o the Republic o the Congo, ligs juist athort the Congo River fae Kinshasa. Wi Brazzaville, the conurbation o Kinshasa-Brazzaville gane thegither haes sicweys naurly 12 million indwallers—makkin it the maist populous transborder metropolitan aurie in the warld. Acause the admeenistrative bundaries kiver sic a vast aurie, ower 60% o the ceety's laund is landwart in naitur, an the urban aurie anerlie occupees a smaw section in the faur wastren end o the province.

Sister ceeties

• Bologna (Italy)
• Brazzaville (Republic o the Congo)
• Brussels (Belgium) (syne 2002)
• Dakar (Senegal)
• Ankara (Turkey)