- Masina (Kinshasa)
Masina is a riverside
municipality of the city ofKinshasa ,Democratic Republic of the Congo . The municipality is bordered by thePool Malebo in the north and "Boulevard Lumbumba" to the south. It has recently become a desirable area in which to live and has a large, growing population.It shelters within it
Freedom Market “"M’Zee Laurent-Désiré Kabila"”, one of the largest markets of Kinshasa, which was built under the presidency ofLaurent-Désiré Kabila to repay the inhabitants of the district of Tshangu who had resisted the rebels in August1998 .The area is known by the nickname "Chine Populaire" ("People's China").
Geography
Masina, together with the communes of
Ndjili andKimbanseke , belong to the district ofTshangu 20 km east of central Kinshasa. [ [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/CMAS-7A4QUN?OpenDocument&query=Kinshasa Relief Web copy of RDC public works map] ]Most of the municipality is occupied by a
wetland bordering thePool Malebo , which explains the lowpopulation density relative of the municipality. The urban area, stretching along Boulevard Lumumba, however, reaches population densities comparable to those of other municipalities in the heart of Kinshasa (about 50,000 inhabitants per km²).*Mayor
Mafulu Kaputu
*LanguageLingala
*Area 69.70 sqkm
*Population 485,167 as of2004 (est.)See also
Internal links
Communes of Kinshasa External links
* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_cities/kinshasa_2001.jpgCity Map of Kinshasa] (2001)
* [http://home.scarlet.be/~godfr123/cartes/carte_leopoldville_1954.jpgMap of Léopoldville] (1954)References
* [http://www.afriquechos.ch/article.php3?id_article=447 "Kinshasa : le marché de la Liberté, un bijou qui n’attire pas"] , Paul Kabeya Kapo et Jennifer Makengo, Afriqu'Échos, 24 septembre 2004.Refimprove|date=January 2007Communes of Kinshasa
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