Kinshasa
Kinshasa ndi boma lina la dziko la Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kamodzi kokhala nsomba ndi midzi yamalonda, Kinshasa tsopano ndipadera ndi anthu oposa 11 miliyoni. Chimayang'anizana ndi Brazzaville, likulu la dziko loyandikana nalo la Republic of Congo, lomwe lingayang'ane kutali ndi mtsinje waukulu wa Congo, kuwapanga kukhala dziko lachiwiri la pafupi kwambiri ndi mzinda wa Rome ndi Vatican City. Mzinda wa Kinshasa ndi chimodzi mwa zigawo 26 za DRC. Chifukwa chakuti malire a chigawo cha mzindawo amayendetsa malo ambiri, malo oposa 90 peresenti ya malo a tawuni ndi malo akumidzi, ndipo m'tawuni muli gawo laling'ono koma likukula kumadzulo.
Anthu a ku Kinshasa amadziwika kuti Kinois (mu French ndi nthawi zina mu Chingerezi) kapena Kinshasa (English). Anthu achimwenye a m'derali ndi Humbu ndi Teke.
Mbiri
SinthaniMzindawu unakhazikitsidwa monga malonda ndi Henry Morton Stanley mu 1881. Anatchedwa Léopoldville kulemekeza Mfumu Leopold II ya ku Belgium, yomwe inkalamulira dera lalikulu lomwe tsopano ndi Democratic Republic of the Congo, osati monga dera koma katundu wachinsinsi. Chotsatiracho chinakula kwambiri ngati doko loyamba loyenda panyanja ya Mtsinje wa Congo pamwamba pa Livingstone Falls, pamtunda wa makilomita 300 pansi pa Leopoldville. Poyamba, katundu yense amene ankafika panyanja kapena kutumizidwa ndi nyanja amayenera kunyamula anthu omwe anali pakati pa Léopoldville ndi Matadi, doko lomwe lili pansi pa mapulanetiwa ndi mtunda wa makilomita 150 kuchokera ku gombe.