Bumbu
Bumbu | |
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| Commune de Bumbu | |
Bumbu on map of Kinshasa city-province | |
Kinshasa city-province on map of DR Congo | |
| Coordinates: 04°22′26″S 15°17′51″E / 4.37389°S 15.29750°E | |
| Country | DR Congo |
| Province | Kinshasa |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.30 km2 (2.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 est.) | |
• Total | 905,943 |
| • Density | 170,000/km2 (440,000/sq mi) |
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Bumbu is a commune situated in the Funa District of Kinshasa. Spanning an area of 5.30 square kilometers, it is located in the hilled southern section of the city and had an estimated population of 905,943 as of 2015. Bumbu is bordered by Kwilu Street to the north, which separates it from Ngiri-Ngiri; Kimvula "Haute tension" Street to the south; Elengesa Avenue to the east, demarcating it from Makala; and Liberation Avenue to the west, bordering Selembao.
Administratively subdivided into 13 neighborhoods, Bumbu was officially constituted through ministerial decree No. 68-026 on 30 March 1962. Subsequent amendments, formalized by decree No. 69-042 on 23 January 1969, refined the boundaries and organizational framework of Kinshasa's urban communes.