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№ 30 / 39 Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa (Belgian Congo)

LAT
−4.442000
LNG
+15.266000
Field note

Capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, founded as Léopoldville in 1881 for King Leopold II. The Belgian regime over Congo (1885–1960) killed millions in the rubber trade. "Short Memory" calls it out — "The Belgians in the Congo".