Africa/Kinshasa
E1006795
Africa/Kinshasa is the time zone corresponding to the local standard time used in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other parts of western Central Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Africa/Kinshasa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12851510 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Africa/Kinshasa Context triple: [Muanda Airport, locatedInTimeZone, Africa/Kinshasa]
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A.
Africa/Bujumbura
Africa/Bujumbura is the IANA time zone identifier representing the local time observed in Bujumbura, Burundi, which follows Central Africa Time.
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B.
Muanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Muanda is a coastal town and oil port in the far west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated on the Atlantic Ocean close to the country’s short coastline.
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C.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, resource-rich Central African nation known for the Congo River basin, extensive rainforests, and a history marked by colonial exploitation and ongoing political instability.
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D.
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo is a Central African nation along the Atlantic coast, known for its vast tropical rainforests, rich biodiversity, and significant oil and mineral resources.
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E.
Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are neighboring Central African countries that share the Congo River basin, a colonial history, and similarly named capitals facing each other across the river.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Africa/Kinshasa Target entity description: Africa/Kinshasa is the time zone corresponding to the local standard time used in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other parts of western Central Africa.
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A.
Africa/Bujumbura
Africa/Bujumbura is the IANA time zone identifier representing the local time observed in Bujumbura, Burundi, which follows Central Africa Time.
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B.
Muanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Muanda is a coastal town and oil port in the far west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated on the Atlantic Ocean close to the country’s short coastline.
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C.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, resource-rich Central African nation known for the Congo River basin, extensive rainforests, and a history marked by colonial exploitation and ongoing political instability.
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D.
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo is a Central African nation along the Atlantic coast, known for its vast tropical rainforests, rich biodiversity, and significant oil and mineral resources.
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E.
Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are neighboring Central African countries that share the Congo River basin, a colonial history, and similarly named capitals facing each other across the river.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IANA time zone
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time zone ⓘ |
| area | Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalCityInZone | Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityInZone |
Bandundu
NERFINISHED
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Kikwit NERFINISHED ⓘ Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Matadi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbandaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ |
| countryCode | CD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | West Africa Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalCoverage | western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ |
| hasSameOffsetAllYear | true ⓘ |
| ianaFormat | Area/Location ⓘ |
| ianaTimeZoneDatabase | tz database NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ianaZoneFile | africa ⓘ |
| isCanonicalZone | true ⓘ |
| isInCentralAfrica | true ⓘ |
| linkedToPoliticalEntity | Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observesDST | no ⓘ |
| offsetInMinutesFromUTC | 60 ⓘ |
| offsetInSecondsFromUTC | 3600 ⓘ |
| olsonDatabaseName | Africa/Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| principalCity | Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | western Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ |
| sharesTimeWith |
Africa/Bangui
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Africa/Brazzaville NERFINISHED ⓘ Africa/Douala ⓘ Africa/Lagos ⓘ Africa/Libreville ⓘ Africa/Luanda NERFINISHED ⓘ Africa/Malabo ⓘ Africa/Ndjamena NERFINISHED ⓘ Africa/Niamey NERFINISHED ⓘ Africa/Porto-Novo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardAbbreviation | WAT ⓘ |
| standardTimeName | West Africa Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardTimeOffsetFromUTC | +01:00 ⓘ |
| timeNotation | 24-hour clock ⓘ |
| timeZoneDatabaseIdentifier | Africa/Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZoneOffsetLabel | UTC+1 ⓘ |
| timeZoneRegionCode | CD-KE ⓘ |
| usedForCivilTime | true ⓘ |
| usesDaylightSavingTime | false ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Africa/Kinshasa Description of subject: Africa/Kinshasa is the time zone corresponding to the local standard time used in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other parts of western Central Africa.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.