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===Administrative divisions=== {{Main|Communes of Kinshasa}} {{See also|Subdivisions of the DR Congo#Territorial organization}} [[File:Commune Map of Kinshasa.png|thumb|A map of Kinshasa presenting its Communes.]] Kinshasa is both a city (''ville'' in French) and a province, one of the 26 [[provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. Nevertheless, it has city subdivisions and is divided into 24 [[Communes of Kinshasa|commune]]s (municipalities), which in turn are divided into 369 quarters and 21 embedded groupings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Commission Électorale Nationale Indépendante |author-link=Independent National Electoral Commission (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |title=La Cartographie Electorale des 26 Provinces—Kinshasa |url=https://www.ceni.cd/cartographie-electorale/provinces/kinshasa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028000421/http://www.ceni.cd/cartographie-electorale/provinces/kinshasa |archive-date=28 October 2018 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=www.ceni.cd |language=fr}}</ref> [[Maluku, Kinshasa|Maluku]], the rural commune to the east of the urban area, accounts for 79% of the {{cvt|9,965|km2}} total land area of the city-province,<ref name="area" /> with a population of 200,000–300,000.<ref name=Flouriot2013 /> The communes are grouped into four districts which are not in themselves administrative divisions. {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} * [[Funa District]] ** [[Bandalungwa]] ** [[Bumbu]] ** [[Kalamu]] ** [[Kasa-Vubu, Kinshasa|Kasa-Vubu]] ** [[Makala]] ** [[Ngiri-Ngiri]] ** [[Selembao]] * [[Lukunga District]] ** [[Barumbu]] ** [[Gombe, Kinshasa|Gombe]] ** [[Kinshasa (commune)|Kinshasa]] ** [[Kintambo]] ** [[Lingwala]] ** [[Mont Ngafula]] ** [[Ngaliema]] * [[Mont Amba District]] ** [[Kisenso]] ** [[Lemba, Kinshasa|Lemba]] ** [[Limete]] ** [[Matete]] ** [[Ngaba]] * [[Tshangu District]] ** [[Kimbanseke]] ** [[Maluku, Kinshasa|Maluku]] ** [[Masina, Kinshasa|Masina]] ** [[Ndjili, Kinshasa|Ndjili]] (N'Djili) ** [[Nsele]] (N'Sele) {{Div col end}} {{Kinshasa communes}}
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