Kinshasa is world's second-largest French-speaking city

Kinshasa is Africa's third-largest urban region, behind Cairo and Lagos. It is also the world's biggest Francophone (French-speaking) metropolitan region (outnumbering Paris in terms of population), with French being the language of the city's administration, schools, media, and public services. While Lingala serves as a lingua franca on the street. In October 2012, Kinshasa hosted the 14th Francophonie Summit. Kinshasa inhabitants are referred to as Kinois in French. The Humbu and Teke are the region's indigenous peoples.

Kinshasa is by far the world's second-largest French-speaking metropolis (behind Paris). Nobody knows exactly how many people dwell in the Congolese capital, but a safe bet would be somewhere around 10 million. Because of the number of individuals escaping war in other regions of the nation, the population has expanded substantially in the last 15 years.
Because of its French-language credentials, Kinshasa was able to host the Summit of La Francophonie in October 2012, the world's largest meeting of heads of state from French-speaking countries. The baguettes and croissants offered around the city are on par with those produced on the old continent.