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Kasa-Vubu
Commune
Commune de Kasa-Vubu
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Coordinates: 04°20′33″S 015°18′19″E / 4.34250°S 15.30528°E / -4.34250; 15.30528
Country	DR Congo
City-Province	Kinshasa
Area
• Total	5.05 km (1.95 sq mi)
Population
• Total	157,320
• Density	31,000/km (81,000/sq mi)

Kasa-Vubu is a municipality (commune) in the Funa district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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

References

1. "Kasa Vubu, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
2. "Géographie de Kinshasa (Geography of Kinshasa)" (in French). Ville de Kinshasa (City of Kinshasa). Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2011.

See also

v t e Communes of the city-province of Kinshasa
Funa District	Bandalungwa Bumbu Kalamu Matonge Kasa-Vubu Makala Ngiri-Ngiri Selembao
Lukunga District	Barumbu Gombe Kinshasa (commune) Kintambo Lingwala Mont Ngafula Ngaliema
Mont Amba District	Kisenso Lemba Limete Matete Ngaba
Tshangu District	Kimbanseke Maluku Masina Ndjili Nsele

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