Ngiri-Ngiri | |
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Commune de Ngiri-Ngiri | |
Coordinates: 4°21′27″S15°17′54″E / 4.35750°S 15.29833°E Coordinates: 4°21′27″S15°17′54″E / 4.35750°S 15.29833°E [1] | |
Country | DR Congo |
City-Province | Kinshasa |
Area | |
• Total | 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi) |
Population (2004 est.) | |
• Total | 174,843 |
• Density | 51,000/km2 (130,000/sq mi) |
Ngiri-Ngiri is a municipality ( commune ) in the Funa district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2]
It is situated in the south of Kinshasa. Ngiri-Ngiri is one of the settlements which were built in the 1940s, located at the foot of the Kalamu and Kasa-Vubu hills to the south of the province.
Year | 1967 | 1970 | 1984 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Population | 50,930 | 64,272 | 82,303 | 169,087 | 174,843 |
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