Founding of Léopoldville Trading Post
- When
- 1 August 1881
- Where
- Hillside of Khonzo Izulu near Kintambo (later Léopoldville/Kinshasa)
Stanley established a trading post on a hillside near Kintambo in 1881, which became Léopoldville, serving as a base for Leopold II's colonial operations.
The station was founded on 1 August 1881 as Léopold II's Station, on a hillside site near Kintambo later known as Léopoldville. European urban development began in 1881, guided by rigid planning principles to preserve an orderly and aesthetically pleasing environment. Stanley's arrival at Stanley Pool on 3 December 1882, after leaving Vivi, was a separate later advance upriver and not the founding itself.
Sources
- Kinshasa Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-07
- Henry Morton Stanley Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04
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