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Kinshasa and formerly
Dixey, 1923 ( formerly considered a subspecies ); found in Democratic Republic of Congo ( Kinshasa ), Congo ( Brazzaville ), and eastern Gabon, usually at low elevation
Stade des Martyrs of Pentecost, also known as simply Stade des Martyrs and formerly known as Stade Kamanyola is a national stadium located in the town of Lingwala in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kinshasa and Léopoldville
* Kinshasa is founded by Henry Morton Stanley as a trading outpost called Léopoldville.
The city was built four years later in order to become a competitor with Léopoldville ( now Kinshasa ) which was built by the Belgians on the other side of the river.
" Beginning in the 1940s, Afro-Cubban groups such as Septeto Habanero and Trio Matamoros gained widespread popularity in the Congo region as a result of airplay over Radio Congo Belge, a powerful radio station based in Léopoldville ( now Kinshasa DRC ).
* Léopoldville, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, today known as Kinshasa
The Pombo, still farther east but close to the Zairian border, were much influenced by developments in the Belgian Congo ( present-day Zaire ), and a large contingent of Pombo living in Léopoldville ( present-day Kinshasa ) formed a political party in the early 1950s.
The OK Jazz band was formed in 1956 in Léopoldville ( now Kinshasa ), in what was at the time known as the Belgian Congo, later as Zaire and today as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Boma was the capital city of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo ( the modern Democratic Republic of the Congo ) from 1 May 1886 to 1926, when the capital was moved to Léopoldville ( since renamed Kinshasa ).
" Beginning in the 1940s, Afro-Cuban groups such as Septeto Habanero and Trio Matamoros gained widespread popularity in the Congo region as a result of airplay over Radio Congo Belge, a powerful radio station based in Léopoldville ( now Kinshasa DRC ).
On 23 October 1923 the “ Brasserie de Léopoldville( as Kinshasa was then known ) was established for 4. 000. 000 Congolese Francs.
The next system to open was in Léopoldville in Belgian Congo ( currently Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ).

Kinshasa and Brazzaville
A small number of FAA personnel are stationed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Kinshasa ) and the Republic of the Congo ( Brazzaville ).
* Kinshasa is linked to Brazzaville ( Republic of the Congo ) by regular boat and ferry services 3. 5 km across the Congo River.
Also new kingdoms came to existence of which the Téké was the most important, ruling over a large area encompassing present-day Brazzaville and Kinshasa.
The capital of the Republic of the Congo is Brazzaville, located on the Congo river immediately across from Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
* Kinshasa, capital of Congo DR and Brazzaville, capital of Republic of the Congo
Satellite picture of Brazzaville, Kinshasa and the Pool Malebo | Malebo Pool of the Congo River.
The populous city of Kinshasa ( more than 10 million inhabitants in 2009 ), capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, lies just across the Congo River from Brazzaville.
Kinshasa seen from Brazzaville.
Kinshasa lies on the southern bank of the Congo, across from Brazzaville.
While Kinshasa lies to the south, Brazzaville lies to the north of the Congo River.
Brazzaville, much like neighboring Kinshasa, features a tropical wet and dry climate.
* BRAKIN, the fusion city of Brazzaville and Kinshasa, urban analysis seminar with vectorised maps of the agglomeration by TU Darmstadt, 2009
The major variations are considered to be Standard Lingala, Spoken Lingala, Kinshasa Lingala and Brazzaville Lingala.
: The two second closest capital cities between two sovereign countries are Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, which are about apart, one upstream from the other on different banks of the Congo River ( the distance between the middle points is about 10 km ).
Into the 1950s, Kinshasa and Brazzaville became culturally linked, and many musicians moved back and forth between them, most importantly including Nino Malapet and the founder of OK Jazz, Jean Serge Essous.
Satellite image of the Pool Malebo ; the capital cities of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | ROC and Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | DRC are indicated.
The capitals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo — Kinshasa and Brazzaville, respectively — are located on opposite shores of Pool Malebo.
Though soukous has become much more closely associated with the popular music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, early in the style's evolution both the local scenes of Kinshasa and Brazzaville played a very important role.
His posts included Australia, Burundi, Congo ( Kinshasa ), communist Romania, Mali, the U. S. Mission to the United Nations in New York, and Congo ( Brazzaville ).
* 9 September – an Antonov operated by Air Kasai in the DRC crashes 50 km north of Brazzaville killing 14 including 4 crew on a flight from Buendé to Kinshasa
Benin Golf Air operated services to the following international scheduled destinations ( at September 2007 ): Abidjan, Bamako, Bangui, Brazzaville, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Douala, Kinshasa, Libreville, Lomé, Malabo, and Pointe-Noire.
Business Aviation operated scheduled domestic passenger flights from Kinshasa, as well as international services to Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire.
International scheduled destinations ( at January 2005 ): Abidjan, Accra, Bamako, Bangui, Banjul, Brazzaville, Conakry, Dakar, Douala, Kinshasa, Lagos, Libreville, Lomé, Paris and Pointe-Noire and to Delhi and Bombay.
Connections with its Spanish sister company, Bravo Airlines, link Brazzaville and Kinshasa with Brussels, Paris and Madrid.

Kinshasa and are
Consequently, outside of Kinshasa, Matadi and Lubumbashi, private and commercial road transport is almost non-existent and traffic is scarce even where roads are in good condition.
Some parts of the DRC are more accessible from neighbouring countries than from Kinshasa.
The government in the capital city Kinshasa, the United Nations, the European Union, and bilateral partners which include Angola, South Africa, and Belgium are attempting to create a viable force with the ability to provide the DRC with stability and security.
* 1966 – Former Congolese Prime Minister Evariste Kimba and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
According to users in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, only 3 grams of shredded bark are required for a single dosage, or cup. The Iboga tree is the central pillar of the Bwiti spiritual practice in West-Central Africa, mainly Gabon, Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo, which uses the alkaloid-containing roots of the plant in a number of ceremonies.
Although there is a paved road from Kinshasa to Kikwit and little beyond, and there are paved roads between Kisangani, Bukavu, Kampala and Nairobi, there has never been a paved highway across the centre of the Congo joining Kinshasa and Kikwit to Bukavu.
There were reports that Uganda permitted Kinshasa to send arms to the Hutu FDLR via territory held by Uganda-backed rebels as Uganda, Kinshasa and the Hutus are all seeking, in varying degrees, to check the influence of Rwanda and its affiliates.
The headquarters of the mission are in Kinshasa, DRC.
Some are teaching at the Académie de Beaux-Arts de Kinshasa, which is the only arts academy of a university level in Central Africa.

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