Selembao
Selembao is one of the 24 communes that are the administrative divisions of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Selembao is one of the 24 communes that are the administrative divisions of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Covering over 23.2 square kilometers and with an estimated population of 1,038,819 as of 2015, it is bordered to the north by the communes of Bandalungwa and Bumbu, to the northeast by Bumbu, to the south by Mont Ngafula, to the east by Makala, and to the west by Ngaliema.
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Getting to Selembao
- Airports
- Maya-Maya (BZV), 14 km · Ndjili (FIH), 18 km
- Pointe Noire → Selembao383 km · quickest by air, 4h 17m · $160–230
- Luanda → Selembao543 km · quickest by air, 5h 31m · $230–350
- Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo) → Selembao555 km · quickest by air, 7h 31m · $320–480
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Selembao
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 Selembao. 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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If you know how people move in Selembao – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Selembao
Selembao is 6 km from Kinshasa, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kasa-Vubucommune in the center of the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo3.8 km
- Ngabacommune in the south of the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo3.9 km
- Funa Districtdistrict of Kinshasa, DR Congo1.9 km