Which city was formally called leopoldville?

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The city formerly known as Leopoldville is Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was named after King Leopold II of Belgium when the area was under Belgian colonial rule. The name was changed to Kinshasa in 1966 following the country's independence.

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