Editing Kinshasa (section)

==Geography==

[[File:Fleuve Congo Kinshasa 8.JPG|thumb|Dawn at the banks of the [[Congo River]] in [[Ngaliema]] commune]]

=== Location ===
Kinshasa is strategically situated on the southern bank of the expansive [[Pool Malebo|Malebo Pool]], spanning 9,965 square kilometers, configured in a grand crescent shape atop a low-lying, flat terrain with an average elevation hovering around 300 meters.<ref>{{Cite book |last=PhD |first=Gutu Kia Zimi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3PMYEAAAQBAJ&dq=Kinshasa+Pool+Malebo+9,965&pg=PT26 |title=Growing Trees in Urban Kinshasa: Shrub Vegetation in Residential Plots in Kinshasa |date=2021-01-10 |location=Bloomington, Indiana, United States |publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=978-1-6655-1262-6 |language=en |access-date=2 May 2024 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525162456/https://books.google.com/books?id=3PMYEAAAQBAJ&dq=Kinshasa+Pool+Malebo+9,965&pg=PT26#v=onepage&q=Kinshasa%20Pool%20Malebo%209%2C965&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Iyenda |first=Guillaume |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zhu8AAAAIAAJ&q=Kinshasa%20Pool%20Malebo%209,965 |title=Households' Livelihoods and Survival Strategies Among Congolese Urban Poor: Alternatives to Western Approaches to Development |date=2007 |publisher=Edwin Mellen Press |isbn=978-0-7734-5269-5 |pages=69 |language=en |access-date=2 May 2024 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525162457/https://books.google.com/books?id=zhu8AAAAIAAJ&q=Kinshasa%20Pool%20Malebo%209,965 |url-status=live }}</ref> Positioned between latitudes 4° and 5° and longitudinal coordinates 15° to 16°32 east, Kinshasa is flanked by the provinces of [[Mai-Ndombe Province|Mai-Ndombe]], [[Kwilu Province|Kwilu]], and [[Kwango]] to the east, while the [[Congo River]] delineates its western and northern boundaries, naturally demarcating the border with the [[Republic of the Congo]]. To the south, it is demarcated by the [[Kongo Central|Kongo Central Province]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last1=Kinyamba |first1=S. Shomba |last2=Nsenda |first2=F. Mukoka |last3=Nonga |first3=D. Olela |last4=Kaminar |first4=T.M. |last5=Mbalanda |first5=W. . |date=2015 |title=Monographie de la ville de Kinshasa |url=https://www.fsmtoolbox.com/assets/pdf/Monographie_de_la_ville_de_Kinshasa.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327044324/https://www.fsmtoolbox.com/assets/pdf/Monographie_de_la_ville_de_Kinshasa.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2023 |access-date=2024-05-02 |publisher=Institut Congolais de Recherche en Développement et Etudes Stratégiques (ICREDES) |pages=9–12 |language=Fr |publication-place=Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo}}</ref>

The Congo River is the second longest river in Africa after the [[Nile]] and has the continent's greatest [[Discharge (hydrology)|discharge]]. As a [[waterway]] it provides a means of transport for much of the [[Congo Basin]]; it is navigable for river barges between Kinshasa and [[Kisangani]]; many of its tributaries are also navigable. The river is an important source of [[hydroelectric power]], and downstream from Kinshasa it has the potential to generate power equivalent to the usage of roughly half of Africa's population.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wachter |first=Sarah J. |date=19 June 2007 |title=Giant dam projects aim to transform African power supplies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/business/worldbusiness/19iht-rnrghydro.1.6204822.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101175527/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/business/worldbusiness/19iht-rnrghydro.1.6204822.html |archive-date=1 November 2011 |access-date=15 December 2010 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

=== Relief ===
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Topographically, Kinshasa has a [[marsh]]y, [[alluvial plain]], with altitudes ranging from 275 to 300 meters, along with hilly terrain that elevates from 310 to 370 meters.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NnQQBAAAQBAJ&dq=Kinshasa+alluvial+plain&pg=PA147 |title=Agriculture in Urban Planning: Generating Livelihoods and Food Security |date=2012-05-16 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-136-57205-0 |editor-last=Redwood |editor-first=Mark |location=Thames, Oxfordshire United Kingdom |pages=8 |language=en |access-date=2 May 2024 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525162459/https://books.google.com/books?id=NnQQBAAAQBAJ&dq=Kinshasa+alluvial+plain&pg=PA147#v=onepage&q=Kinshasa%20alluvial%20plain&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":10" /><ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pVutDwAAQBAJ&dq=Kinshasa+alluvial+plain&pg=PA32 |title=Congo Republic Energy Policy, Laws and Regulations Handbook - Strategic Information and Basic Laws |date=2017-11-22 |publisher=Global Pro Info USA |isbn=978-1-5145-1238-8 |location=Miami, Florida, United States |pages=32 |language=en |access-date=2 May 2024 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525162526/https://books.google.com/books?id=pVutDwAAQBAJ&dq=Kinshasa+alluvial+plain&pg=PA32#v=onepage&q=Kinshasa%20alluvial%20plain&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> The city has four principal features: the Malebo Pool, a vast expanse of water with islands and islets; the Kinshasa Plain, which is a highly [[Urban area|urbanizable space]], but susceptible to drainage issues; the Terrace, which is a series of low ridges overlooking the plain; and the Hills Area, which is characterized by deep valleys and [[cirque]]-shaped formations.<ref name=":10" />

The Malebo Pool spans over 35 kilometers in length and 25 kilometers in width and is encircled by [[Ngaliema|Ngaliema Municipality]] to the west and [[Maluku, Kinshasa|Maluku Municipality]] to the east, traversing through [[Gombe, Kinshasa|Gombe]], [[Barumbu]], [[Limete]], [[Masina, Kinshasa|Masina]], and [[Nsele]] municipalities.<ref name=":10" /> The Kinshasa Plain has a banana-like shape and is surrounded by eastward-oriented hills. Its low sandy alluvial masses extend from Maluku Municipality in the east to the western foothills of Ngaliema, covering approximately 20,000 hectares.<ref name=":10" />

The Terrace is mainly situated in the city's western expanse, between [[Ndjili, Kinshasa|N'djili]] and [[Mont Ngafula|Mount Ngafula]]. It comprises stony blocks of soft [[sandstone]] and [[Silicon dioxide|silica]]-covered yellow [[clay]], topped with brown [[silt]], and ranges from 10 to 25 meters in height. It retains vestiges of an ancient surface.<ref name=":10" /> The Hills Area commences several kilometers from the Malebo Pool and is characterized by deep valleys and cirque-shaped formations. These hills reach heights surpassing 700 meters and exhibit gentle, rounded contours sculpted by local rivers.<ref name=":10" /> While their eastern counterparts may reflect remnants of the [[Batéké Plateau]], their origins in the west and south remain enigmatic. Their natural [[erosion]] processes are exacerbated by human intervention, sometimes assuming catastrophic proportions.<ref name=":10" />

=== Hydrography ===
[[File:Congo river in full flow at Parc de la Vallée de la Nsele,Kinshasa, DRC.jpg|thumb|260x260px|Congo River in full flow at [[Nsele Valley Park|Parc de la Vallée de la Nsele]]]]
Kinshasa's hydrographic network encompasses the [[Congo River]] and its principal left bank tributaries, traversing the city from south to north. These include the [[Lukunga River|Lukunga]], [[Ndjili River|Ndjili]], Nsele, Bombo, or Mai-Ndombe rivers and the Mbale.<ref name=":10" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kitambo |first1=Benjamin |last2=Papa |first2=Fabrice |last3=Paris |first3=Adrien |last4=Tshimanga |first4=Raphael M. |last5=Calmant |first5=Stephane |last6=Fleischmann |first6=Ayan Santos |last7=Frappart |first7=Frederic |last8=Becker |first8=Melanie |last9=Tourian |first9=Mohammad J. |last10=Prigent |first10=Catherine |last11=Andriambeloson |first11=Johary |date=2022-04-12 |title=A combined use of in situ and satellite-derived observations to characterize surface hydrology and its variability in the Congo River basin |url=https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/26/1857/2022/ |journal=Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |language=English |volume=26 |issue=7 |pages=1857–1882 |doi=10.5194/hess-26-1857-2022 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2022HESS...26.1857K |issn=1027-5606 |access-date=2 May 2024 |archive-date=2 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502085852/https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/26/1857/2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Michael |first1=Mukendi Tshibangu |last2=Henri |first2=Mbale Kunzi |last3=Meti |first3=Ntumba Jean |last4=Felicien |first4=Lukoki Luyeye |date=2020-05-15 |title=Floristic Inventory of Invasive Alien Aquatic Plants Found in Malebo Pool in Congo Rivers, Kinshasa, DR. Congo (Case of MOLONDO, MIPONGO, and JAPON Islands) |url=https://journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/2864 |journal=Global Journal of Science Frontier Research |language=en-US |volume=20 |issue=C6 |pages=31–44 |issn=2249-4626 |access-date=2 May 2024 |archive-date=2 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502085851/https://journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/2864 |url-status=live }}</ref> Unfortunately, these waterways are polluted due to the city's demographic pressures and inadequate sanitation.<ref name=":10" />

=== Geology ===
Geologically, the soil in Kinshasa is of the Arenoferrasol category,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ca66AAAAIAAJ&q=Kinshasa%20Arenoferrasol |title=Monographie de la province du Maniema |date=1998 |publisher=République démocratique du Congo, Ministères de l'agriculture et de l'élevage |location=Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo |pages=9 |language=fr |access-date=2 May 2024 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525162500/https://books.google.com/books?id=ca66AAAAIAAJ&q=Kinshasa%20Arenoferrasol |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lgouAAAAIAAJ&q=Kinshasa%20Arenoferrasol |title=African Soils: Volumes 16-18 |publisher=Commission Scientifique, technique et de la recherche de l'Organisation de l'unité Africaine |year=1971 |location=Paris, France |pages=169 |language=en |access-date=20 May 2024 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525163002/https://books.google.com/books?id=lgouAAAAIAAJ&q=Kinshasa%20Arenoferrasol |url-status=live }}</ref> characterized by fine [[sand]]s with a clay content typically below 20%, low [[organic matter]], and absorbent complex saturation.<ref name=":10" /> The basement is composed of [[Precambrian]] [[bedrock]], featuring finely stratified red sandstone often infused with [[feldspar]]. This rock is visible at the rapids' base near [[Mount Stanley|Mount Ngaliema]] and south of the [[Ndjili River|N'djili River]], and effectively withstands erosive forces.<ref name=":10" />

=== Vegetation ===
[[File:Sunset in the Democratic Republic of Congo2.jpg|thumb|231x231px|A view of Congo River from Kinshasa]]

Kinshasa's vegetation comprises gallery [[forest]]s, [[Fairy circle (arid grass formation)|grassy formations]], [[Ruderal species|ruderal plant]] groups, and [[Aquatic ecosystem|aquatic formations]]. These gallery forests, found along the main watercourses within humid valleys of the Congolese guinéo ombrophile type, have degraded into highly exploited pre-forest fallows, manifesting as reclusive foresters of varying ages.<ref name=":10" /> Ruderal plant groups line railway tracks within narrow strips, reflecting the region's vegetation cover's discontinuity and repetition. Kinshasa is home to diverse vegetation types, each intricately linked to specific ecological parameters.<ref name=":10" />

=== Residential and commercial areas ===
Kinshasa is a city of sharp contrasts, with affluent residential and commercial areas and three universities alongside sprawling slums.<ref name="Flouriot2013">Jean Flouriot, "[https://com.revues.org/6770 Kinshasa 2005. Trente ans après la publication de l’Atlas de Kinshasa] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917080851/https://com.revues.org/6770 |date=17 September 2017 }}", ''Les Cahiers d’Outre-Mer'' 261, January–March 2013; [[doi:10.4000/com.6770]].</ref> The older and wealthier part of the city (''ville basse'') is located on a flat area of [[Alluvium|alluvial sand and clay]] near the river, while many newer areas are found on the [[erosion|eroding]] red soil of surrounding hills.<ref name="Kayembe2009">Matthieu Kayembe Wa Kayembe, Mathieu De Maeyer et Eléonore Wolff, "[https://belgeo.revues.org/7349 Cartographie de la croissance urbaine de Kinshasa (R.D. Congo) entre 1995 et 2005 par télédétection satellitaire à haute résolution] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917080911/https://belgeo.revues.org/7349|date=17 September 2017}}", ''Belgeo'' 3–4, 2009; [[doi:10.4000/belgeo.7349]].</ref><ref name="Trapido2016">Joe Trapido, "[https://newleftreview.org/II/98/joe-trapido-kinshasa-s-theatre-of-power Kinshasa's Theater of Power] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917080840/https://newleftreview.org/II/98/joe-trapido-kinshasa-s-theatre-of-power |date=17 September 2017 }}", ''[[New Left Review]]'' 98, March/April 2016.</ref> Older parts of the city were laid out on a geometric pattern, with ''de facto'' racial segregation becoming ''de jure'' in 1929 as the European and African neighborhoods grew closer together. [[Urban planning|City plans]] of the 1920s–1950s featured a ''[[Cordon sanitaire (politics)|cordon sanitaire]]'' or buffer between the white and black neighborhoods, which included the central market as well as parks and gardens for Europeans.<ref name="BeeckmansBigon2016">Luce Beeckmans & Liora Bigon, "The making of the central markets of Dakar and Kinshasa: from colonial origins to the post-colonial period”; ''Urban History'' 43(3), 2016; [[doi:10.1017/S0963926815000188]].</ref>

Urban planning in post-independence Kinshasa has been limited. The ''Mission Française d'Urbanisme'' drew up some plans in the 1960s which envisioned a greater role for [[automobile]] transportation but did not predict the city's significant population growth. Thus much of the [[urban structure]] has developed without guidance from a master plan. According to [[UN-Habitat]], the city is expanding by eight square kilometers per year. It describes many of the new neighborhoods as [[slum]]s, built in unsafe conditions with inadequate infrastructure.<ref name=ChirisaEtAl2017 /> Nevertheless, spontaneously developed areas have in many cases extended the [[grid plan|grid street plan]] of the original city.<ref name=Flouriot2013 />

===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}}

===Climate===
Under the [[Köppen climate classification]], Kinshasa has a [[tropical wet and dry climate]] (''Aw''). Its lengthy rainy season spans from October through May, with a relatively short dry season, between June and September. Kinshasa lies south of the [[equator]], so its dry season begins around its winter solstice, which is in June. This is in contrast to African cities further north featuring this climate where the dry season typically begins around December. Kinshasa's dry season is slightly cooler than its wet season, though temperatures remain relatively constant throughout the year.

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|Jan record high C = 36
|Feb record high C = 36
|Mar record high C = 38
|Apr record high C = 37
|May record high C = 37
|Jun record high C = 37
|Jul record high C = 32
|Aug record high C = 33
|Sep record high C = 35
|Oct record high C = 35
|Nov record high C = 37
|Dec record high C = 34

|Jan high C = 30.6
|Feb high C = 31.3
|Mar high C = 32.0
|Apr high C = 32.0
|May high C = 31.1
|Jun high C = 28.8
|Jul high C = 27.3
|Aug high C = 28.9
|Sep high C = 30.6
|Oct high C = 31.1
|Nov high C = 30.6
|Dec high C = 30.1
|year high C = 30.4

|Jan mean C = 25.9
|Feb mean C = 26.4
|Mar mean C = 26.8
|Apr mean C = 26.9
|May mean C = 26.3
|Jun mean C = 24.0
|Jul mean C = 22.5
|Aug mean C = 23.7
|Sep mean C = 25.4
|Oct mean C = 26.2
|Nov mean C = 26.0
|Dec mean C = 25.6
|year mean C = 25.5

|Jan low C = 21.2
|Feb low C = 21.6
|Mar low C = 21.6
|Apr low C = 21.8
|May low C = 21.6
|Jun low C = 19.3
|Jul low C = 17.7
|Aug low C = 18.5
|Sep low C = 20.2
|Oct low C = 21.3
|Nov low C = 21.5
|Dec low C = 21.2
|year low C = 20.6

|Jan record low C = 18
|Feb record low C = 20
|Mar record low C = 18
|Apr record low C = 20
|May record low C = 18
|Jun record low C = 15
|Jul record low C = 10
|Aug record low C = 12
|Sep record low C = 16
|Oct record low C = 17
|Nov record low C = 18
|Dec record low C = 16

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 163
|Feb precipitation mm = 165
|Mar precipitation mm = 221
|Apr precipitation mm = 238
|May precipitation mm = 142
|Jun precipitation mm = 9
|Jul precipitation mm = 5
|Aug precipitation mm = 2
|Sep precipitation mm = 49
|Oct precipitation mm = 98
|Nov precipitation mm = 247
|Dec precipitation mm = 143

|Jan precipitation days = 12
|Feb precipitation days = 12
|Mar precipitation days = 14
|Apr precipitation days = 17
|May precipitation days = 12
|Jun precipitation days = 1
|Jul precipitation days = 0
|Aug precipitation days = 1
|Sep precipitation days = 6
|Oct precipitation days = 10
|Nov precipitation days = 16
|Dec precipitation days = 14

|Jan humidity = 83
|Feb humidity = 82
|Mar humidity = 81
|Apr humidity = 82
|May humidity = 82
|Jun humidity = 81
|Jul humidity = 79
|Aug humidity = 74
|Sep humidity = 74
|Oct humidity = 79
|Nov humidity = 83
|Dec humidity = 83

|Jan sun = 136
|Feb sun = 141
|Mar sun = 164
|Apr sun = 153
|May sun = 164
|Jun sun = 144
|Jul sun = 133
|Aug sun = 155
|Sep sun = 138
|Oct sun = 149
|Nov sun = 135
|Dec sun = 127
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org (temperature)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Climate: Kinshasa |url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/408/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509221132/http://en.climate-data.org/location/408/ |archive-date=9 May 2016 |access-date=7 June 2016 |publisher=AmbiWeb GmbH}}</ref> Weatherbase (extremes)<ref name="Kinshasa-Kinshasa-Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo">{{Cite web |title=KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO |url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=1246&cityname=Kinshasa-Kinshasa-Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807212430/http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=1246&cityname=Kinshasa-Kinshasa-Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo |archive-date=7 August 2016 |access-date=7 June 2016 |publisher=Weatherbase}}</ref>
|source 2 = [[Danish Meteorological Institute]] (precipitation, sun, and humidity)<ref>{{Cite web |title=STATIONSNUMMER 64210 |url=http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/tr01-17.pdf |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116071752/http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/tr01-17.pdf |archive-date=16 January 2013 |access-date=7 June 2016 |publisher=[[Danish Meteorological Institute]]}}</ref>
}}

=== Parks and gardens ===
Kinshasa is home to a diverse range of parks and gardens:
[[File:Nsele Valley Park, Kinshasa, DR Congo.jpg|thumb|[[Nsele Valley Park]], Kinshasa, October 2021]]

* [[Nsele Valley Park]], the largest [[urban park]] in the city situated along the [[Nsele River]], offers a setting for [[Outdoor recreation|outdoor activities]]. It features [[Picnic|picnic areas]], [[Trail|walking trails]], and viewpoints overlooking the river.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LE PARC – Parc de la Vallée de la N'sele |url=https://parcdelavalleedelansele.com/le-parc/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=parcdelavalleedelansele.com |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607155036/https://parcdelavalleedelansele.com/le-parc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* Parc Présidentiel, situated along the [[Congo River]], is a park in Kinshasa. The park offers [[pond]]s, [[Swimming pool|pools]], and [[fountain]]s, while the [[Théâtre de Verdure de Mont Ngaliema|Théâtre de Verdure]] serve as venues for cultural performances. The park's mini zoo has a diverse array of animals.
* [[Kinshasa National Zoological Park|Jardin Zoologique]], located in the heart of [[Gombe, Kinshasa|Gombe commune]], is a [[zoo]] in Kinshasa. The zoo houses a wide variety of [[mammal]]s, [[reptile]]s, and [[bird]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Driving directions to Jardin Zoologique, 1 Avenue Kasa-Vubu, Kinshasa |url=https://www.waze.com/live-map/directions/cd/kinshasa/kinshasa/jardin-zoologique?to=place.ChIJeUljtPAzahoRXB-xC1Bfqws |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Waze |language=en |archive-date=3 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703005450/https://www.waze.com/live-map/directions/cd/kinshasa/kinshasa/jardin-zoologique?to=place.ChIJeUljtPAzahoRXB-xC1Bfqws |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Kinshasa Botanical Garden|Jardin Botanique de Kinshasa]], situated in Gombe, is a [[botanical garden]] that showcases the city's botanical treasures. The botanical garden houses an array of [[plant]]s and [[Flower|colorful flowers]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Memoire Online – Tfc: inventaire dendrométrique et floristique des arbres du jardin botanique de Kinshasa – Samuel ABANDA |url=https://www.memoireonline.com/02/22/12699/m_Tfc-inventaire-dendrometrique-et-floristique-des-arbres-du-jardin-botanique-de-Kinshasa3.html |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Memoire Online |archive-date=3 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703005447/https://www.memoireonline.com/02/22/12699/m_Tfc-inventaire-dendrometrique-et-floristique-des-arbres-du-jardin-botanique-de-Kinshasa3.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Lola ya Bonobo]], located south of Kinshasa, is the world's only sanctuary for orphaned [[bonobo]]s. Situated at the [[Petites Chutes de la Lukaya]], it provides a safe and nurturing environment for [[Endangered species|endangered]] [[primate]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friends of Bonobos {{!}} We save bonobos and their Congo rainforest home |url=https://www.bonobos.org/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Bonobos |language=en |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605183535/https://www.bonobos.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>