Kimwenza
| Kimwenza | |||
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| Coordinates | 4 ° 28 ′ S , 15 ° 17 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo | ||
| Kinshasa | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | CD-KN | ||
| height | 493 m | ||
Kimwenza (formerly also Kimuensa ) is a place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . It is located on the southern edge of the state capital Kinshasa at an altitude of 493 m .
The place is on the Matadi-Kinshasa Railway , which connects Kinshasa with the port city of Matadi on the Atlantic Ocean and is served by the Kinshasa light rail . The place was founded in July 1893 by Belgian Jesuits , who set up a first mission here.
education
In 1954 the Faculté de philosophie Saint Pierre Canisius was founded here as a seminary of the Jesuits . It has been officially recognized as a private university since 1993.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fallingrain.com: Kimwenza
- ↑ http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/721880244
- ^ Bibliothèque nationale de France: Faculté de philosophie Saint Pierre Canisius. Kimwenza, RD Congo