Kinshasa

Kinshasa, formerly named Léopoldville until 30 June 1966, is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa is one of the world's fastest-growing megacities,... Wikipedia

• Founded:  1881 (as Léopoldville)
• City hall:  La Gombe
• Body:  Provincial Assembly of Kinshasa
• Governor:  Daniel Bumba
• City-province:  17,071,000
• Urban:  16,316,000
• Metro:  17,239,463
• Language:  French and Lingala
• Demonym(s):  Kinshasan, Léopoldvillian (1881–1966)
• Time zone:  WAT (UTC+01:00)
• Area code(s):  243
• ISO 3166 code:  CD-KN
• License Plate Code:  CGO / 01
• HDI (2019):  0.577, medium 1st
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo