Masina, Kinshasa
Masina | |
|---|---|
| Commune de Masina | |
| Nickname: Chine Populaire | |
Masina on map of Kinshasa city-province | |
Kinshasa city-province on map of DR Congo | |
| Coordinates: 4°21′47″S 15°23′42″E / 4.36306°S 15.39500°E | |
| Country | DR Congo |
| City-Province | Kinshasa |
| Area | |
• Total | 69.7 km2 (26.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2004 est.) | |
• Total | 485,167 |
| • Density | 7,000/km2 (18,000/sq mi) |
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Masina is a municipality (commune) in the Tshangu District of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is bordered by the Pool Malebo in the north and Boulevard Lumbumba to the south.
Masina shelters within it the Marché de la Liberté "M’Zee Laurent-Désiré Kabila”, one of the largest markets of Kinshasa, which was built under the presidency of Laurent-Désiré Kabila to repay the inhabitants of the district of Tshangu who had resisted the rebels in August 1998.
The area is known by the nickname "Chine Populaire" ("People's China").