Bumbu is a municipality (commune) in the Funa district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]
Bumbu | |
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Commune de Bumbu | |
Coordinates: 04°22′26″S 15°17′51″E / 4.37389°S 15.29750°E[1] | |
Country | DR Congo |
Province | Kinshasa |
Area | |
• Total | 5.3 km2 (2.0 sq mi) |
Population (2004 est.) | |
• Total | 329,234 |
• Density | 62,000/km2 (160,000/sq mi) |
The town is in the hilled southern portion of Kinshasa and settlement there is relatively new. It lies in the vicinity of the Kasa-Vubu and Kalamu boulevards.
Year | 1967 | 1970 | 1984 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Population | 37,560 | 61,366 | 113,968 | 318,396 | 329,234 |