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Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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In the forested Congo River basin near Kinshasa, villagers gather wood to fuel a charcoal-processing plant. The nation's extensive rainforests are suffering under too many human hands.
Photograph by James P. Blair |
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Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Information and History
CAPITAL OF CHAOS
Since 1960, the country that calls Kinshasa capital has had four names, four flags, and a civil, tribal, and cross-border war that killed more than 3,000,000 citizens during a true "heart of darkness." Most of the carnage was wreaked in the countryside, and Kinshasa was largely spared. Still, this former capital of the Belgian Congo, then called Léopoldville, has suffered with the collapse of its country's transportation, communication, and economic infrastructure and its inability to reasonably exploit great mineral resources ECONOMY
Food and beverage processing, tanning, construction materials, ship repairing, chemicals, mineral oils, textiles, cement.
Text source: National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition, 2004 |
City: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region: Southern Africa
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Fast Facts |
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Population
City proper 4,655,313
Metro area 5,717,000
Elevation
300 meters (984 feet)
Temperature
January 31°/21°C (88°/70°F);
July 27°/18°C (81°/64°F)
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