Kinshasa (commune)
Kinshasa is a commune of the city-province of Kinshasa, located in the Lukunga District in the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kinshasa is a commune of the city-province of Kinshasa, located in the Lukunga District in the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Situated in the northern section of the capital, the commune covers an area of 2.9 square kilometers and had an estimated population of 453,632 as of 2015. It is bordered to the north by Kinshasa Zoological Garden, to the south by Kalamu via Funa Avenue, to the east by Lingwala via Oil Mill Avenue, and to the west by Barumbu via Luambo Makiadi Avenue. The major thoroughfare, Boulevard du 30 Juin, and the neighboring commune of Gombe lie just to its north.
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Worth seeing in and around Kinshasa (commune)
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01martyrs' stadium
The Stade des Martyrs de la Pentecôte, commonly referred to as the Stade des Martyrs and formerly known as Stade Kamanyola, is a national multi-purpose stadium of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in Lingwala, Kinshasa. With a seating capacity of 80,000, it is the largest stadium in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the fourth-largest stadium in Africa.
800 m · a multi-sports stadium in Kinshasa · Wikipedia - 02National Assembly
The National Assembly is the lower house and main legislative political body of the Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is one of the two legislative bodies along with the Senate.
1.1 km · lower house of parliament in Democratic Republic of the Congo · Wikipedia - 03National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo
National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo is located in Kinshasa and was established in 1974 as an office within Ministry of Culture and Arts. In 1989, it became autonomous under presidential order.
3.5 km · national library · Wikipedia - 04Stade Tata Raphaël
Stade Tata Raphaël is a multi-purpose stadium in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Originally known as Stade Roi Baudouin when it was inaugurated in 1952 and Stade du 20 Mai in 1967, it was used mostly for football matches.
2.3 km · multi-purpose stadium in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Wikipedia - 05National Museum of the Democratic Republic of Congo
The National Museum of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a museum for the cultural history of the numerous ethnic groups and historical epochs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the capital Kinshasa. It was officially handed over to the Congolese government by representatives of South Korea in June 2019.
1.6 km · museum for art and ethnography in DR Congo · Wikipedia - 06Palace of the Nation
The Palace of the Nation is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is situated in Gombe, in the northern part of Kinshasa, next to the Congo River.
3.9 km · building in Democratic Republic of the Congo · Wikipedia - 07Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The senate was established in 1960, abolished in 1967 and re-established in 2003.
1.1 km · upper house of the Democratic Republic of the Congo · Wikipedia - 08Palais du Peuple
The People's Palace or Palace of the People is the seat of the National Assembly and the Senate in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire. It was completed in 1979 with a line of credit from the People's Republic of China.
1.1 km · legislative building located in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo · Wikipedia - 09Kinshasa botanical garden
The Kinshasa Botanical Garden, formerly known as the Fernand De Boeck Park and Parc de la Révolution, is a botanical garden located in Gombe, Kinshasa, in the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The garden was established in 1933 and covers approximately 8 hectares, although 1 hectare is now used by shops connected to the nearby Kinshasa Central Market.
1.5 km · Botanical park located in kinshasa · Wikipedia - 10Our Lady of the Congo Cathedral
Our Lady of the Congo Cathedral, or simply Kinshasa Cathedral, is a religious building of the Catholic Church located on Liberation Avenue in the city of Kinshasa, the capital and largest city of the African country of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This massive church in Kishana was built in 1947 when the country was still called the Belgian Congo, being still under the colonial rule of Belgium.
1.5 km · church in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kinshasa (commune)
- Airports
- Maya-Maya (BZV), 10 km · Ndjili (FIH), 17 km
- Stations
- N'Dolo Airport, 2.2 km · Kinshasa East railway station, 2.8 km
- Pointe Noire → Kinshasa (commune)384 km · quickest by air, 7h 10m · $220–330
- Luanda → Kinshasa (commune)542 km · quickest by air, 5h 32m · $230–360
- Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo) → Kinshasa (commune)541 km · quickest by air, 5h 32m · $240–360
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kinshasa (commune)
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kinshasa (commune). What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou might be successful with a 4x4 in the upper northern region (Bangassou - Nia Nia - Isiro) and maybe the axis Kinshasa - Lumumbashi.
- Get inThere are speed boats that go quickly for a limited number of people, or you can take the barge with local merchants if you have time.
- Get inAsk to go to , which is the ferry terminal.
From Wikivoyage: Kinshasa, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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Next door to Kinshasa (commune)
- Kinshasacapital and the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo having the status of a province500 m
- Kasa-Vubucommune in the center of the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo2.2 km
- Barumbucommune in the north of the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo2.3 km
- Kalamucommune of the city-province of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo3 km
- Funa Districtdistrict of Kinshasa, DR Congo4 km
- Kalamu, Bomacommunity in the DR Congo2.1 km