Masina | |
|---|---|
| Commune de Masina | |
| Nickname: Chine Populaire | |
   Masina on map of Kinshasa city-province | |
_-_Kinshasa.svg) Kinshasa city-province on map of DR Congo | |
| Coordinates: 4°21′47″S 15°23′42″E / 4.36306°S 15.39500°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) |
Masina is a municipality (commune) in the Tshangu District of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]
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").
- ^ "Masina, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "Géographie de Kinshasa (Geography of Kinshasa)" (in French). Ville de Kinshasa (City of Kinshasa). Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ Paul Kabeya Kapo, Jennifer Makengo, Kinshasa : le marché de la Liberté, un bijou qui n’attire pas Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Afriqu'Échos Magazine, 24 septembre 2004.