Time zone WAT (UTC+1) Area 25 km² | Website www.lacitedufleuve.com Metropolitan area 3,577 km² | |
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La Cité du Fleuve is a planned city in the outskirt of Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo, being constructed on land reclaimed from the Congo River. La Cité du Fleuve began as a dream in early 2008. After geotechnical, hydrological and marketing reports by reputable experts confirmed the project's viability, engineers and architects designed the islands while shareholders solicited support from all the major stakeholders. In June 2009 the long awaited reclamation and construction work began. Today, land is being reclaimed in preparation for a showhouse, which will be built while land for the rest of Phase 1 is being reclaimed.

A planned development situated on reclaimed land space in the sandbanks and marshes of the Congo river, directly adjacent to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), The development will be linked to the main land by roads leading to the city and to the airport. Upon completion, the new island which is still under development is anticipating at least 250,000 residents.

As of November 2015 this project is only 20% completed, and 35 380 had to be subdivided, for an investment that already exceeds 100 million USD. Due to the site location and attractive apartment flagship conditions of acquisition, the project is very advanced. In 2015, the project expanded their our structure, level of labor, the purchase of construction materials. La Cité du Fleuve will satisfy needs for financial, commercial, residential and tourist accommodations, with a state of the art high tech infrastructure in line with modern and environmental standards. These standards will offer the city’s residents quality water, modern waste management, security and transportation systems. The city will also have an independent source of energy generated specifically for the city.

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