Masina, Kinshasa
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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.[2]
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Masina | |
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Commune de Masina | |
Nickname: Chine Populaire | |
Coordinates: 4°21′47″S 15°23′42″E[1] | |
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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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.[3]
The area is known by the nickname "Chine Populaire" ("People's China").