Lemba
Commune
Commune de Lemba
Lemba seen from the Limete Tower
Lemba seen from the Limete Tower
Map
Map
Map
Lemba on map of Kinshasa city-province
Kinshasa city-province on map of DR Congo
Kinshasa city-province on map of DR Congo
Coordinates: 4°23′46″S 15°19′09″E / 4.39611°S 15.31917°E / -4.39611; 15.31917[1]
Country DR Congo
City-ProvinceKinshasa
Government
 • BurgomasterJean Serge Poba
 • PDs
  • Peter Kazadi Kankonde
  • Yvette Lubala Nazinda
Area
 • Total23.7 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2004 est.)
 • Total349,838
 • Density15,000/km2 (38,000/sq mi)
Websitewww.lemba.gouv.cd

Lemba is one of the 24 communes that are the administrative divisions of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Location

Lemba is located just south of the grounds of the Kinshasa International Fair [fr] and of the Limete Tower. It extends to the southwest from there to the southern tip of the campus of the University of Kinshasa. Its eastern border is the Matete River and its western one is roughly the Yolo River down to and going west and south along By-Pass Avenue and then Kimwenzo Road to and alongside the campus.

Lemba on map of city communes

Lemba's neighboring communes going clockwise from the north are: Limete, Matete, Kisenso, Mont Ngafula, Makala, and Ngaba.

Government

Further information: Subdivisions of the DR Congo § Governance

The administration of Lemba is led by an unelected government appointed burgomaster (French: bourgmestre). As of 2023 the burgomaster is Jean Serge Poba.[3] The reform of having burgomasters elected by communal councils awaits the inaugural election of these councils.

Electoral district

With 206,900 on its voter rolls Lemba is an electoral district for both the election of an eleven-member communal council and that of two deputies of the Provincial Assembly of Kinshasa. Both elections are by open list. For the National Assembly Lemba is part of the Kinshasa III district (Mont Amba).[4]

Nationwide communal council elections were scheduled for 22 September 2019 but did not take place. In December of that year President Tshisekedi declared that these elections would be held sometime in 2020.[5]

The Provincial Assembly election was held as part of the general elections on 30 December 2018. Peter Kazadi Kankonde (UDPS/Tshisekedi) and Yvette Lubala Nazinda (AA/a) are the deputies representing Lemba in the new legislature.[6]

Administrative divisions

In 2014 Lemba was divided into the following 15 quarters (French: quartiers):[7]

However, Camp Kabila and Camp Bumba are respectively camps of the National Police and the Armed Forces.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lemba, DR Congo". Geonames. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. ^ 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 9 Sep 2020.
  3. ^ "Les Kuluna dans le viseur des autorités de la commune de Lemba" (in French). Agence congolaise de presse (ACP). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  4. ^ "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, 20–21, 29. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 10 Sep 2020.
  5. ^ Musau, Mathy (12 December 2019). "Enfin, les élections urbaines et locales en 2020, promet Fatshi". Forum Des As (in French). Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. ^ Bosengele, Merdi (10 March 2019). "Législatives provinciales/Kinshasa Liste des députés provinciaux: revoici les noms, l'âge et la famille politique des élus !". La Prospérité (in French). Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 9 Sep 2020.
  7. ^ Institut National de la Statistique–RD Congo (July 2015). Annuaire statistique 2014 (PDF) (in French). pp. 32–33. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 9 Sep 2020.
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