Guta reLubumbashi muCongo (Kinshasa) raimbozivikanwa se"Élisabethville", uye rakatumidzwa mukuremekedzwa kwake parakatangwa muna 1910 mune yaimbova Belgian Congo. Yakagamuchira zita rayo razvino muna 1966 apo, mushure memakore matanhatu ekukakavadzana zvichitevera kuzvitonga
, hurumende yaJoseph Desire Mobutu yakatanga kuchenesa Congo kubva pamazita enzvimbo dzayo dzenguva yekoloni.