The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Kinshasa, which is located in the southwest of the country, along the south bank of the Congo River. The present city evolved from two villages, Nshasa and Ntamo (later known as Kintamo). During the colonial era, the city was named Léopoldville, after King Léopold II of Belgium.
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