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Kinshasa (Congo)

LC control no.n 78073109
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Geographic headingKinshasa (Congo)
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Geographic subdivision usageCongo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa
Variant(s)Kinshasa, Zaire
Kinshasha (Congo)
Kinshasa (Zaire)
Ville de Kinshasa (Congo)
Ville-Province de Kinshasa (Congo)
See alsoLeopoldville (Congo)
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Beginning date1966
Associated countryCongo (Democratic Republic)
Special noteAACR 1 form: Kinshasa, Zaire
Leopoldville, Congo renamed Kinshasa 7/3/66
Found inSmit, H.M. Sharing material resources in African university and ... 1980: t.p. (Kinshasha, Zaire)
Foreign names info. bull., May 30, 1997 (former name: Zaire, Republic of [conventional]; République du Zaïre [French]; new name: Congo, Democratic Republic of the [conventional]; République démocratique du Congo [French])
GEOnet, Jan. 5, 1999 (Kinshasa, PPLC, 4°18ʹS 15°18ʹE)
Actions priortaires du Programme multisectoriel d'urgence de reconstruction et de rehabilitation enlargi (PMURR) de la Ville-Province de Kinshasa, 2004: (situé entre les latitudes Sud 4°Et 5°, et les longitudes Est 15°Et 16°32ʹ) p. 3 (La Ville-Province de Kinshasa est une mégalopole de plus de 6 millions d'habitants)
The world factbook, via WWW, September 10, 2015 (under Congo, Democratic Republic of the: capital: Kinshasa; geographic coordinates: 4 19 S, 15 18 E)
Wikipedia, September 10, 2015 (Kinshasa (formerly Leopoldville (French: Léopoldville or Dutch Leopoldstad)); Ville de Kinshasa; capital and the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; city of Kinshasa is also one of the DRC's 11 provinces; in 1966, Léopoldville was renamed Kinshasa; 4°19ʹ30ʺS 15°19ʹ20ʺE)
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