Kinshasa (formerly Belgian Léopoldville (to 1964))

4°18S 15°18E, pop (2000e) 4 221 600. River-port capital of Democratic Republic of Congo; on the R Congo opposite Brazzaville; founded by Stanley, 1887; capital of Belgian colony, 1926; US troops stationed here during World War 2; airport; railway; university (1954); commerce, food processing, textiles, chemicals, brewing.

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Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Congo, Democratic Republic Of


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