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The Boulevard du 30 Juin ("Boulevard of June 30th") is a major 5‑km street in
Image:Vu d'en bas de l'Immeuble de la Banque Commerciale du Congo à Kinshasa, Boulevard du 30 juin.jpg, 2006
Image:Kinshasa, Boulevard du 30 juin - 20090701.jpg, 2009
Image:2010 boulevard du 30 juin Kinshasa 4429661264.jpg, Phone card vendor, 2010
Image:2010 Boulevard du 30 juin Kinshasa 4428895979.jpg, 2010
Image:Boul du 30 juin Kinshasa VOA.jpg, 2013
The Boulevard du 30 Juin ("Boulevard of June 30th") is a major 5‑km street in Kinshasa
Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one of ...
, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
. It is the city center's main transport artery, connecting the southern area of La Gombe (Kinshasa's political and business district) with Kintambo and the Ngaliema
Ngaliema is a municipality ('' commune'') in the Lukunga District of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Location
Ngaliema is situated in the west of Kinshasa. It stretches south towards Mont Ngaliema and along t ...
to the west.
In 1963 the street was renamed from ''Boulevard Albert I Albert I may refer to:
People Born before 1300
*Albert I, Count of Vermandois (917–987)
*Albert I, Count of Namur ()
* Albert I of Moha
*Albert I of Brandenburg (), first margrave of Brandenburg
*Albert I, Margrave of Meissen (1158–1195)
*Alber ...
'' to ''Boulevard du 30 Juin'' following the Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo (french: Congo belge, ; nl, Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964.
Colo ...
's independence from Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...
on June 30, 1960.
Many national government offices are located on the Boulevard du 30 Juin, such as the Ministry of Communication, Ministry of Employment, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Land Affairs, etc.
Gallery
See also
*Trans-African Highway network
The Trans-African Highway network comprises transcontinental road projects in Africa being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union in conjunction with re ...
References
External link
* Transport in Kinshasa {{DRCongo-road-stub