Mont Amba District

Mont Amba is an area of the capital city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, comprising five of the city-province's twenty-four administrative divisions—the communes of Kisenso, Lemba, Limete, Matete and Ngaba. It is one of the four so-called districts of Kinshasa. These were the administrative divisions of Kinshasa during much of the Mobutu years (1965-1997)[1] and around which a number of government systems and services are still organized. For instance, Mont Amba makes up an eleven-member National Assembly constituency designated as Kinshasa III.[2] However, these districts are not part of Congo's territorial organization.[3]

Mont Amba District
Kinshasa districts and communes, Mont Amba in center
Kinshasa districts and communes, Mont Amba in center
Coordinates: 4.362758°S 15.336742°E / -4.362758; 15.336742
Country DR Congo
City-ProvinceKinshasa

Mont Amba takes its name from the hill in its extreme southwest on which the main campus of the University of Kinshasa is situated. Its western border rises from there to the Congo river east of the downtown district. It is separated from the Tshangu District further to the east by the Ndjili River.

Mont Amba is home to several parts of the University of Kinshasa, including the regional center for nuclear research. As of March 2011, the reactor at this center had not been operational for several years.[4] The Mont Amba Medical Center in Lemba is a teaching hospital for the university. In June 2011 the first plastic surgery clinic in the DRC was opened at the hospital, primarily for the treatment of children who had been burned.[5]

  • Market in Matete
    Market in Matete
  • The Rectorat, main administrative building at the University of Kinshasa, in Lemba
    The Rectorat, main administrative building at the University of Kinshasa, in Lemba

References
  1. "Ordonnance 77-100 du 6 avril 1977 fixant les limites de la ville de Kinshasa, ainsi que le nombre de ses sous-régions et zones, leur dénomination et leurs limites" (PDF). www.droitcongolais.info (in French). Art. 2-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 Aug 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. "Annexes a la loi portant adoption de la repartition des sieges par circonscription electorale pour les elections legislatives" (PDF). www.ceni.cd (in French). CENI. pp. 4–5, 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 Sep 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  3. Institut National de la Statistique–RD Congo (2019). Annuaire Statistique RDC 2017 (PDF) (in French). p. 36 Tableau 1.2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  4. "Situé dans le Centre de recherche nucléaire du Mont Amba". L'Observateur - RDC. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
  5. Diosso Olivier (7 June 2011). "Kinshasa - Le centre hospitalier du Mont Amba doté d'une unité de chirurgie plastique". Le Potentiel. Retrieved 2011-11-28.


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