Kinshasa (cod)

Kinshasa

Kinshasa ranks 221st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Porto Alegre, Austria-Hungary, and Liège. Memorable people born in Kinshasa include Félix Tshisekedi, Claude Makélélé, and Steve Mandanda. Memorable people who died in Kinshasa include Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Antoine Gizenga, and Kembo Uba Kembo. Kinshasa has been the birth place of many soccer players, and basketball players and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. Kinshasa is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kinshasa, formerly named Léopoldville until 30 June 1966, is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one of the world's fastest-growing megacities. Kinshasa's 2024 population was estimated at 17,032,322. It is the most densely populated city in the DRC, the most populous city in Africa, the world's fourth-most-populous capital city, Africa's third-largest metropolitan area, and the leading economic, political, and cultural center of the DRC. Kinshasa houses several industries, including manufacturing, telecommunications, banking, and entertainment. The city also hosts some of DRC's significant institutional buildings, such as the Palais du Peuple, Palais de la Nation, Court of Cassation, Constitutional Court, Cité de l'Union Africaine, Palais de Marbre, Stade des Martyrs, Immeuble du Gouvernement, Kinshasa Financial Center, and multiple federal departments and agencies. Read more on Wikipedia