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    Masina is a municipality in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It borders the Pool Malebo river to the north and Boulevard Lumbumba to the south. Masina is home to one of Kinshasa's largest markets, built under former president Laurent-Désiré Kabila. The area is known by the nickname "People's China" and has a low population density due to much of the land being wetland along the Pool Malebo river.

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    Masina is a municipality in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It borders the Pool Malebo river to the north and Boulevard Lumbumba to the south. Masina is home to one of Kinshasa's largest markets, built under former president Laurent-Désiré Kabila. The area is known by the nickname "People's China" and has a low population density due to much of the land being wetland along the Pool Malebo river.

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    Masina is a municipality in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It borders the Pool Malebo river to the north and Boulevard Lumbumba to the south. Masina is home to one of Kinshasa's largest markets, built under former president Laurent-Désiré Kabila. The area is known by the nickname "People's China" and has a low population density due to much of the land being wetland along the Pool Malebo river.

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    Masina, Kinshasa

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    Masina

    Commune de
    Masina
    Commune
    Nickname(s): 
    Chine Populaire

    Masina on a map of
    Kinshasa communes

    Kinshasa city-
    province on a map of
    the DRC
    Coordinates:  4°21′47
    ″S 15°23′42″ECoordin
    ates:  4°21′47″S 15°23′4
    2″E [1]

    Coun Democratic
    try Republic of the
    Congo
    City- Kinshasa
    Provi
    nce
    Distr Tshangu
    ict
    Government
     • Ma Ernestine
    yor Mujinga
    Matonga
    Area
     • Tot 69.7 km  (26.9 
    2

    al sq mi)
    Population
     (2004 est.)
     • Tot 485,167
    al
     • De 7,000/km2 (18,0
    nsity 00/sq mi)
    Masina is a municipality (commune) in the Tshangu district of Kinshasa,

    [2]
    the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

    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

    [3]
    had resisted the rebels in August 1998.

    The area is known by the nickname "Chine Populaire" ("People's China").

    Contents
     1Geography
     2See also
     3References
     4External links
    Geography[edit]
    Masina, together with the communes of Ndjili and Kimbanseke, belong to the

    [4]
    district of Tshangu 20 km east of central Kinshasa.

    Most of the municipality is occupied by a wetland bordering the Pool Malebo,


    which explains the low population density relative of the municipality. The urban
    area, stretching along Boulevard Lumumba, however, reaches population
    densities comparable to those of other municipalities in the heart of Kinshasa
    (about 50,000 inhabitants per km²).

    See also

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