Democratic+Rep.+(Zaire)

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Elevation Kinshasa Rapid city

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Rapid City, South Dakota and Kinshasa, Zaire are two very different cities. Kinshasa’s population is way higher than Rapid City’s. Kinshasa is a capital so there’s over a million people. Rapid City is a major city but has way less population.

Although they have many differences, they have some similarities. Both had/have mining. In Rapid City people would come from near and far to get some of their black hills gold. In Kinshasa they still pan many diamonds. They would mine these minerals but they never got to keep this mineral. They mine so they could have a shelter, food, and clothing. Yet some are still poor.

Another one of their differences is when they got their independence. Zaire never got released from Belgium until 1960. They had many wars to get its independence. Unlike South Dakota all they had to do is get enough people into a really big space. Kinshasa didn’t get founded until 1991.

Did you ever wonder why the climates for both cities are different? Their elevations of course. South Dakota’s elevation is 3,200, so they get more snow than rain. Kinshasa has an elevation of 212, so they are more of a tropical place and get more rain.

Rapid City and Kinshasa are two major different cities. They do have some stuff in common though. Remember, Kinshasa has a problem called blood diamond. Maybe some people those people in Zaire.

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