单词 | 金夏沙 |
释义 | 〔Kinshasa〕The capital and largest city of Zaire, in the western part of the country on the Congo River. Founded in 1881 by the explorer Henry M. Stanley, who named it after his patron, Leopold II of Belgium, it became capital of the Belgian Congo in 1926 and was the scene of the revolt (June 1960) that led to Zaire's independence. In 1966 its name was changed to Kinshasa, after the name of an early village that occupied the site. Population, 2,653,558.金夏沙,利奥波德维尔:扎伊尔首都和最大城市,位于扎伊尔西端刚果河边。1881年由探险家亨利·M·斯坦利建立,他以他的赞助人-比利时的利奥波德二世的名字命名,1926年它成为比利时属刚果的首都和导致扎伊尔独立的起义(1960年6月)的发生地。1966年其名称改为金沙萨,依照一个早期占据此地的村庄的名称命名。人口2,653,558 |
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