What is the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Q: What is the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
A: The capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Kinshasa.
Q: How many people live in Kinshasa?
A: Approximately eleven million people live in Kinshasa.
Q: What other African cities are larger than Kinshasa?
A: Lagos and Cairo are both larger cities than Kinshasa in Africa.
Q: Who founded (started) the town that would become Kinshasa?
A: Henry Morton Stanley founded (started) the town that would become Kinshasa in 1881.
Q: What was it originally called?
A: It was originally called Léopoldville, after King Léopold II of Belgium, who controlled the Congo Free State, now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Q: Was it public or private property when it first started?
A: When it first started, it was private property (not public).
Q: How did goods arrive and leave by sea before a railway was built around Livingstone Falls?
A: Before a railway was built around Livingstone Falls, all goods arriving by sea or being sent by sea had to be carried by porters between Léopoldville and Matadi.
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