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.
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.
Getting around Kinshasa (commune) the local way
- 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. Last edited 2026-07.
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