Kinshasa–Brazzaville metropolitan area

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cross-border conurbation transborder metropolitan area urban agglomeration

The Kinshasa–Brazzaville metropolitan area is a unique transborder urban agglomeration spanning the capitals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, situated on opposite banks of the Congo River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cross-border conurbation ⓘ
transborder metropolitan area ⓘ
urban agglomeration ⓘ
borderingCountryPair Democratic Republic of the Congo–Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderType international border ⓘ
capitalOfIncludedCountry Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
hasCapitalCity Brazzaville ⓘ
Kinshasa ⓘ
hasCityOnLeftBank Kinshasa ⓘ
hasCityOnRightBank Brazzaville ⓘ
hasPart Brazzaville ⓘ
Kinshasa ⓘ
languageMajority French ⓘ
languageWidelySpoken Lingala ⓘ
largestCityComponent Kinshasa ⓘ
locatedInRegion Central Africa ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Congo River ⓘ
locatedOppositeBankCity Brazzaville ⓘ
Kinshasa ⓘ
notableFeature only pair of national capitals facing each other across a major river in Africa ⓘ
riverCrossingType ferry connections ⓘ
separatedBy Congo River ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
urbanFunction economic hub in Central Africa ⓘ
political center of two neighboring countries ⓘ
UTCOffset +1 ⓘ

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Brazzaville → partOfUrbanArea → Kinshasa–Brazzaville metropolitan area ⓘ