Tshangu is an area of the capital city of Kinshasa,

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 ...

, comprising five of the city-province's twenty-four

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s—the communes of Kimbanseke, Maluku,

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, Ndjili and Nsele. It is one of the four so-called districts of Kinshasa. These were the administrative divisions of Kinshasa during much of the

Mobutu Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997) was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the president of Zaire from 1965 to 1997 (known as the Democratic Republic o ...

years (1965-1997) and around which a number of government systems and services are still organized. For instance, Tshangu makes up an eighteen-member

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constituency designated as Kinshasa IV. However, these districts are not part of Congo's territorial organization. Ananas a Nsele

References

Districts of Kinshasa {{DRCongo-geo-stub