Kasa-Vubu, Kinshasa
Commune in Kinshasa, DR Congo
04°20′33″S 015°18′19″E / 4.34250°S 15.30528°E / -4.34250; 15.30528[1] (2004 est.)
Kasa-Vubu is a municipality (commune) in the Funa district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]
Along with Kalamu, it forms the historical African heart of Kinshasa. Formerly known as Dendale, the town's name derives from the first president of the Congo after independence, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, who was elected mayor of the commune in 1957.
Demographics
Year | 1967 | 1970 | 1984 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Population | 56,540 | 67,525 | 74,888 | 152,141 | 157,320 |
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Communes of the city-province of Kinshasa
- Bandalungwa
- Bumbu
- Kalamu
- Matonge
- Kasa-Vubu
- Makala
- Ngiri-Ngiri
- Selembao
- Barumbu
- Gombe
- Kinshasa (commune)
- Kintambo
- Lingwala
- Mont Ngafula
- Ngaliema
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