Gombe (CD)

Gombe or La Gombe is a municipality (32,373 inhabitants in 2004) in the Lukunga district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formerly known as Kalina, after Lieutenant E. Kallina (1852-1883) - an Austro-Hungarian soldier who volunteered in the Congo Free State. Gombe is bounded on the north by the Congo River and in the south by the Boulevard du 30 Juin. In 1929, Leopoldville - then capital of the Belgian Congo comprizes Kintambo, Kalina (Gombe), Kinshasa, Barumbu and Saint Jean. Gombe is both a residential area and Kinshasa's business district.

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Republic

File:Gombe (CD) RDC a.jpg

File:Gombe (CD) RDC b.jpg

Belgian Congo period 1909-1960

Opening date?

Circle GOMBE in 1921. Auction image.

Circle LEOPOLDVILLE- KALINA in 1936.

Circle LEOPOLDVILLE- KALINA in 1938.

Cover

Circle-like GOMBE on a cover on 23 June 1921 to KINSHASA (arrived 30 June). Auction image.