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by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 18 Feb 2001
The previous flags included an "L" (Leopoldville) and not a "K".
Jaume Ollé, 27 Jul 1997
by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 18 Feb 2001
A variant for the municipal flag for the capital city of Kinshasa. It
was originally spelled 'Kinchassa' on an 1800s Belgian Congo (French language)
map (along with a neighboring village, Kintamo). It was originally named
Léopoldville, to honor Belgium's then-ruling King Léopold II, who colonized
The Congo.
I've seen the flag for Kinshasa designed *2* ways:
(1) with the stars on sides of an initial K, or
(2) with the initial K positioned near hoist, with the stars arranged
vertically to its right [which was the way I saw it years ago in a late
1960s flag book at a library in Wiscasset, ME USA].
NOTE: The white wave design & the yellow stars on current flags
are of simple design. Those on the 2 earlier (1925, 1960) designs were
different looking (as well as a altogether different [fancier looking]
initial letter).
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 18 February 2001
by Zeljko Heimer, 01 Jun 1999
As the current one, but with an "L".
Jaume Ollé, 27 Jul 1997
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