Limete
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Limete
| official_name = Commune de Limete
| type = Commune
| image_skyline = Tour de l'Échangeur en 2018.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| image_caption = The Limete Tower
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|DR Congo}}
| subdivision_type1 = City-Province
| subdivision_name1 = Kinshasa
| leader_name = Nathalie Alamba
| leader_title = Burgomaster
| leader_name2 = {{unbulleted list|{{nobr|Therese Masengo}}{{wbr}} Muabuanga| {{nobr|Jean Désiré Mbonzi}}{{wbr}} {{nobr|Wa Mbonzi}} |{{nobr|Gerard Mulumba}}{{wbr}} {{nobr|Kongolo Wa Kongolo}}}}
| leader_title2 = Provincial Assembly of Kinshasa
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 67.6
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2004 est.
| population_total = 375726
| population_density_km2 = auto
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Limete is one of the 24 communes that are the administrative divisions of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.{{cite book |last1=Institut National de la Statistique–RD Congo |title=Annuaire Statistique RDC 2017 |date=2019 |url=http://ins.mkbco.pro/Portals/0/OpenContent/Files/19172/ANNUAIRE_STATISTIQUE_2017_.pdf#page=36 |accessdate=9 Sep 2020 |at=p. 36 Tableau 1.2 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614222103/http://ins.mkbco.pro/Portals/0/OpenContent/Files/19172/ANNUAIRE_STATISTIQUE_2017_.pdf#page=36 |archivedate=14 June 2020 |language=fr |url-status=live}}
Location
Limete is located south of the Pool Malebo between the mouths of the Funa and Ndjili rivers. The eastern boundary is the Ndjili going south down to Boulevard Lumumba ({{ill|National Road No. 1 (Democratic Republic of the Congo))|lt=RN1|fr|Route nationale 1 (Congo-Kinshasa)}}). The western boundary from the north follows the Funa, Boulevard Lumumba, and Avenue de L'Université down to Avenue Kikwit. From there the southern boundary rejoins Boulevard Lumumba to the east via Avenue Sefu and the Limete Tower interchange.{{cite web |title=Relation: Limete (388599) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/388599 |website=OpenStreetMap |accessdate=24 October 2020}}
Limete's neighboring communes going clockwise from the east are: Masina, Matete, Lemba, Ngaba, Kalamu, and Barumbu.
Government
{{further |Subdivisions of the DR Congo#Governance}}
The administration of Limete is led by an unelected government appointed burgomaster ({{langx|fr|bourgmestre|links=no}}). As of 2023 the burgomaster is Nathalie Alamba.{{cite news |title=Le personnel de la maison communal de Limeté exhorté au professionnalisme |url=https://acpcongo.com/index.php/2023/01/09/le-personnel-de-la-maison-communal-de-limete-exhorte-au-professionnalisme/ |access-date=13 January 2023 |publisher=Agence congolaise de presse (ACP) |date=9 January 2023 |language=fr}} The reform of having burgomasters elected by communal councils awaits the inaugural election of these councils.
=== Electoral district ===
With 295,768 on its voter rolls Limete is an electoral district for both the election of a thirteen-member communal council and that of three deputies of the Provincial Assembly of Kinshasa. Both elections are by open list. For the National Assembly Limete is part of the Kinshasa III district (Mont Amba).{{cite web |title=Annexes a la loi portant adoption de la repartition des sieges par circonscription electorale pour les elections legislatives |url=https://www.ceni.cd/assets/bundles/documents/cadre-legal/cadre-legal_1531157427.pdf |website=www.ceni.cd |publisher=CENI |accessdate=10 Sep 2020 |pages=4-5,20-21,29 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920234927/https://www.ceni.cd/assets/bundles/documents/cadre-legal/cadre-legal_1531157427.pdf |archivedate= 20 September 2018 |url-status=live |language=fr}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Musau |first1=Mathy |title=Enfin, les élections urbaines et locales en 2020, promet Fatshi |url=http://www.forumdesas.org/spip.php?article23133 |accessdate=8 May 2020 |work=Forum Des As |date=12 December 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508163014/http://www.forumdesas.org/spip.php?article23133 |archivedate=8 May 2020 |url-status=live |language=fr}}
The Provincial Assembly election was held as part of the general elections on 30 December 2018. Therese Masengo Muabuanga (UDPS/Tshisekedi), Jean Désiré Mbonzi Wa Mbonzi (MLC), and Gerard Mulumba Kongolo Wa Kongolo (UDPS/Tshisekedi) are the deputies representing Limete in the new legislature.{{cite news |last1= Bosengele |first1= Merdi |title=Législatives provinciales/Kinshasa Liste des députés provinciaux: revoici les noms, l’âge et la famille politique des élus ! |url=https://laprosperite.online/index.php/elections-en-rdc/1110-legislatives-provinciales-kinshasa-liste-des-deputes-provinciaux-revoici-les-noms-l-age-et-la-famille-politique-des-elus |accessdate=9 Sep 2020 |work=La Prospérité |date=10 March 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704112846/https://laprosperite.online/index.php/elections-en-rdc/1110-legislatives-provinciales-kinshasa-liste-des-deputes-provinciaux-revoici-les-noms-l-age-et-la-famille-politique-des-elus |archivedate=4 July 2019 |url-status=live |language=fr}}
= Administrative divisions =
In 2014 Limete was divided into the following 14 quarters ({{langx|fr|quartiers|links=no}}):{{cite book |last1=Institut National de la Statistique–RD Congo |title=Annuaire statistique 2014 |date=July 2015 |url=https://www.cd.undp.org/content/dam/dem_rep_congo/docs/MDG/Anuaire%20Statistique%20RDC%202014.pdf#page=32 |accessdate=9 Sep 2020 |page=33 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312081453/https://www.cd.undp.org/content/dam/dem_rep_congo/docs/MDG/Anuaire%20Statistique%20RDC%202014.pdf#page=32 |archivedate=12 March 2019 |url-status=dead |format=PDF |language=fr}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
- Agricole
- Industriel
- Kingabwa
- Masiala (Général Masiala)
- Mateba
- Mayulu
- Mbamu
- Mfumu-Mvula
- Mombele
- Mososo
- Ndanu
- Nzadi
- Residentiel
- Salongo
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Commons category|Limete (Kinshasa)|Limete}}
{{Communes of Kinshasa}}