City
Kinshasa
Capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo
What guided this image
- Landmarks
- Congo River and Malebo Pool; Tour; Boulevard; Gombe; Palais du Peuple; Belgian
- Viewpoint
- Favor a slightly elevated viewpoint along the high riverbanks of Gombe or Mont Ngaliema, looking east/northeast across Malebo Pool, with the riverfront skyline and the distant Tour de l'Échangeur visible, and the vast Congo River dominating the foreground and middle-ground.
- Palette
- Green should be the predominant color, especially in the tropical riverbanks, floating vegetation, mango and palm trees of Gombe, and the surrounding green hills.
- Guarded against
- Not a generic central African town or fantasy metropolis
Population16,000,000Wikidata: 1,600
Coordinates4.33°S, 15.31°E
Elevation240 m
Area9,965 km²
Time zoneAfrica/KinshasaUTC+1
Solar noon11:59clock runs 0.0 h behind the sun
Through the Earth
Dig straight through the Earth from Kinshasa and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Napari Village, Kiribati — 590 km from the exact antipodal point.
Nearest cities in the atlas
| Brazzaville | CG | 7 km |
| Pointe-Noire | CG | 386 km |
| Luanda | AO | 552 km |
| Kananga | CD | 807 km |
| Ciudad de la Paz | GQ | 826 km |
| Libreville | GA | 836 km |
| Mbuji-Mayi | CD | 939 km |
| Yaoundé | CM | 1,004 km |
Twinned cities
- Ankara TR
- Brazzaville CG
- Dakar SN
- Incheon KR
- Tehran IR
5 of 7 twinned cities are in this atlas. See the full network →
This city sits on
- Democratic Republic of the Congocountry
- 5Sparallel
- UTC+1offset