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Brazzaville

capital of the Republic of the Congo

10km

-4.2515.266667

Salonga National Park

national park

682km

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Kisangani

capital of Orientale Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

1223km

0.51666725.2

Bukavu

city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

1519km

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National Museum of Kinshasa

3.2km

-4.3210115.2933

Lola ya Bonobo

Founded by Claudine André in 1994, Lola ya Bonobo is the world's only sanctuary for orphaned bonobos. Since 2002, the sanctuary has been located just south of the suburb of Kimwenza at the Petites Chutes de la Lukaya, Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

18km

-4.4869444415.26805556
Nature
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Kinshasa

Kinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It faces Brazzaville, the capital of the neighbouring Republic of the Congo, which can be seen in the distance across the wide Congo River. While sprawling, chaotic and often intimidating, Kinshasa is also a major cultural and intellectual center for Central Africa with a flourishing community of musicians and artists.

There are the National Museum and the Kinshasa Fine Arts Academy.

Kinshasa is a city of sharp contrasts, with affluent residential and commercial areas and three universities alongside sprawling slums. It is located along the south bank of the Congo River, downstream on the Pool Malebo and directly opposite the city of Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of the Congo. The Congo river is the second longest river in Africa after the Nile, and has the continent's greatest 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.

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Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

31°C21
Precipitation: 135 mm

Feb

31°C22
Precipitation: 145 mm

Mar

32°C22
Precipitation: 196 mm

Apr

32°C22
Precipitation: 196 mm

May

31°C22
Precipitation: 159 mm

Jun

29°C19
Precipitation: 8 mm

Jul

27°C18
Precipitation: 3 mm

Aug

29°C18
Precipitation: 3 mm

Sep

31°C20
Precipitation: 30 mm

Oct

31°C21
Precipitation: 119 mm

Nov

31°C22
Precipitation: 222 mm

Dec

30°C21
Precipitation: 142 mm
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