Maluku, Kinshasa

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Maluku

| official_name = Commune de Maluku

| type = Commune

| image_skyline = Nsele Valley Park, Kinshasa, DR Congo.jpg

| image_caption = Nsele Valley Park 2021

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| title = Shaded areas are outside Kinshasa city-province.

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| title2 = Maluku Border

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| map_caption = Maluku on map of Kinshasa city-province

| image_map1 = Democratic Republic of the Congo (26 provinces) - Kinshasa.svg

| map_caption1 = Kinshasa city-province on map of DR Congo

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| coordinates = {{coord|4|27|41|S|16|04|43|E|type:city_region:CD|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|DR Congo}}

| subdivision_type1 = City-Province

| subdivision_name1 = Kinshasa

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 7948.8

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| elevation_m =

| population_footnotes =

| population_as_of = 2004 est.

| population_total = 179648

| population_density_km2 = auto

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Maluku 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 |access-date=9 Sep 2020 |at=p. 36 Tableau 1.2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614222103/http://ins.mkbco.pro/Portals/0/OpenContent/Files/19172/ANNUAIRE_STATISTIQUE_2017_.pdf#page=36 |archive-date=14 June 2020 |language=fr |url-status=dead}} This eastern rural commune accounts for 79% of the land area of the city-province,{{Cite web |title=Géographie de Kinshasa |url=http://www.kinshasa.cd/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=300 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723091147/http://www.kinshasa.cd/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=300 |archive-date=23 July 2012 |access-date=25 June 2012 |publisher=Ville de Kinshasa |df=dmy-all}}

The Nsele Wildlife Reserve, located within the commune, provides a protected area for wildlife, including various species of primates, birds, African bush elephants, Hippopotamus, giraffes, Rhinos, lions, zebras, giant pangolins and other animals.{{Cite web |title=Parc de la Vallée de la N'sele – Un Joyau de la RDC |url=https://parcdelavalleedelansele.com/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=parcdelavalleedelansele.com}}{{Cite web |title=Guided tours in the Democratic Republic of Congo starting from Kinshasa |url=https://congotravelandtours.com/complete-roundtrip-in-bas-congo-culture-waterfalls-river-exploration-and-wildlife/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Congo Travel and Tours |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Parc de la Vallée de la N'Sele |url=https://www.facebook.com/Parcdelavalleedelansele |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}