Nsele Valley Park

Nsele Valley Park
Parc de la Vallée de la N'sele
Park entrance in 2020
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TypeCity park
LocationMaluku, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area20,000 hectares (77 sq mi)
CreatedJune 2018
FounderJoseph Kabila and Olive Lembe di Sita
Owned byJoseph Kabila and Olive Lembe di Sita
StatusOpen all year
Websitehttps://parcdelavalleedelansele.com/le-parc/

Nsele Valley Park (French: Parc de la Vallée de la Nsele), colloquially known as Kingakati Park or N'Sele Nature Reserve, is a nature reserve located in the Maluku commune of Kinshasa in the western region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).[1] It is bordered to the north by the National N1, to the east by the Batéké Plateau, to the south by the Kindu group, the Nsingi mountains, and to the west by the Mangweme, Kindobo and Bambala villages. The park was established by then-President Joseph Kabila and his wife Olive Lembe di Sita and operates as a subsidiary of Ferme Espoir, an agro-food farm spanning Haut Katanga, Kongo Central, Kinshasa, and North Kivu.[2][3][4][5][6]

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  5. ^ "Le Parc animalier de la vallée de la N'Sele s'ouvre au public le 2 juin" [The N'Sele Valley Animal Park opens to the public on June 2]. www.mediacongo.net (in French). Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. May 28, 2018. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  6. ^ Rolland, Pius Romain (2022-07-04). "En marge de l'inauguration de la plateforme aéroportuaire, Kinshasa : Marie Olive Lembe Kabila dévoile l'origine du Parc de la Vallée de la N'sele" [On the sidelines of the inauguration of the airport platform, Kinshasa: Marie Olive Lembe Kabila reveals the origin of the N'sele Valley Park]. Laprosperite (in French). Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Retrieved 2023-12-23.