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COD - CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
LéOPOLDVILLE (1956)
Not to be confused with	Léopoldville (1958)
Description	Circuit used in 1956 and maybe in 1957
Location	Kinshasa (ex Léopoldville) - Kinshasa
Location	Kinshasa South West suburb. The track went through Djelo-Binza too.
Latitude - Longitude (approx)	- 4°22'39"     + 15°15'07"     (approx) -4.3775     15.251944     (approx)
UTM Coordinates (approx)	X = 527953.91  -  Y = 9516140.589  -  Zone 33M     (approx)
Aerial photo / Map (*)	Google Maps  -    Bing Maps  -    Flash Earth
Altitude AMSL (approx)	380 m - 1247 ft    (approx)
Inauguration	September 2nd 1956
Closing	1957
Designer
Sources and links (Translation) (**)	(1) forums.autosport.com (...) Autosport.com Bulletin Board The Nostalgia Forum African racing (2) www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/africa/leopoldville.html The GEL Motorsport - Tracks Around The World (3) Grace 3/2007 (page 36) Description in brief (without map)

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Léopoldville (1956)
Description
Years
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Road course
Inauguration	September 2nd 1956
Closing
Last update of this page	January 13th 2008
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	14000  m	45932  ft	8.699  mi		(2)

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Location: - 4°22'39", + 15°15'07"
If the aerial photo is not visible, you have to zoom out by clicking (maybe more then once) button ’-’ in top left corner

Updates
Date	Track layout	Years	Description by	Map by	Thanks to	Note
October 11th 2010			Guido de Carli			Update	Description
January 13th 2008			Guido de Carli			Update	Description without map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list

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