Kinshasa (cod)

Kinshasa

Kinshasa ranks 251st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Casablanca, France, and Birmingham, Alabama. Memorable people born in Kinshasa include Félix Tshisekedi, Claude Makélélé, and Dikembe Mutombo. Memorable people who died in Kinshasa include Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Antoine Gizenga, and Mwepu Ilunga. Kinshasa has been the birth place of many soccer players and basketball players and the death place of many politicians and soccer players. Kinshasa is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kinshasa, formerly named Léopoldville before June 30, 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. With an estimated population of 16 million residents, it's the most densely populated city in the DRC and the most populous city in Africa. It is 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