Matete

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

Matete
Commune
Commune de Matete
Matete Market
Matete on map of Kinshasa city-province
Kinshasa city-province on map of DR Congo
Coordinates: 4°23′20″S 15°21′6″E[1]
Country DR Congo
City-ProvinceKinshasa
Government
 • BurgomasterAnto Longange
 • PDJoseph Malungeni Makengo
Area
 • Total4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2004 est.)
 • Total268,781
 • Density55,000/km2 (140,000/sq mi)

Location

Matete is located south of Boulevard Lumumba (RN1) from the Matete River, just east of the Limete Tower interchange, to the Ndjili River further east. The two rivers are the western and eastern boundaries of the commune. In the west the commune extends south to the level of Rue Frontière and in the east down to the level of Mbamba Kilenda street.[1]

Matete on map of city communes

Matete's neighboring communes going clockwise from the south are: Kisenso, Lemba, Limete, and Ndjili.

Government
Further information: Subdivisions of the DR Congo § Governance

The administration of Matete is led by an unelected government appointed burgomaster (French: bourgmestre). As of 2020 the burgomaster is Anto Longange.[3] The reform of having burgomasters elected by communal councils awaits the inaugural election of these councils.

Electoral district

With 134,452 on its voter rolls Matete is an electoral district for both the election of a nine-member communal council and that of a deputy of the Provincial Assembly of Kinshasa. The council election is by open list. For the National Assembly Matete 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. Joseph Malungeni Makengo (MLC) is the deputy representing Matete in the new legislature.[6]

Administrative divisions

In 2014 the numerous neighborhoods of Matete were divided among the following 13 quarters (French: quartiers):[7][N 1]

  • Dondo
  • Loeka
  • Lubefu
  • Lukunga
  • Lumumba
  • Lunionzo
  • Malemba
  • Maziba
  • Mbomb'Ipoku
  • Sankuru
  • Sumbuka
  • Totaka
  • Vivi

Each of these is managed by a quarter chief.

Notes
  1. In addition to this administrative meaning, quartier can also simply mean a neighborhood of which Matete has 39–54 depending on the source.

References
  1. "Relation: Matete (389334)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. Institut National de la Statistique–RD Congo (2019). Annuaire Statistique RDC 2017 (PDF) (in French). Tableau 1.2. p. 36. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 9 Sep 2020.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. Mudiayi, Auguy (5 September 2020). "Kinshasa : après Funa, Ngobila offre des vivres et non vivres aux structures sanitaires du Mont Amba". Actualite.cd (in French). Archived from the original on 6 Sep 2020. Retrieved 4 Oct 2020.
  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 Sep 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 10 Sep 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). p. 33. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 Mar 2019. Retrieved 9 Sep 2020.


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