Léopoldville (Belgian Congo)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Léopoldville_(Belgian_Congo)
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Republic_of_the_Congo_(Léopoldville)
gptkb:Belgian_Congo
1923
gptkbp:coordinates 4°19′30″S 15°19′20″E
gptkbp:currentName gptkb:Kinshasa
gptkbp:founded 1881
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Colonial era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Léopoldville (Belgian Congo)
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Belgian_Congo
gptkbp:locatedOn gptkb:Congo_River
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Leopold_II_of_Belgium
gptkbp:oppositeCityAcrossRiver gptkb:Brazzaville
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Congo_Free_State
gptkb:Republic_of_the_Congo_(Léopoldville)
gptkb:Belgian_Congo
gptkbp:populationIn1950s over 200,000
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:Kinshasa
1966
gptkbp:terminus gptkb:Matadi-Kinshasa_Railway
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Belgian_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6