Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Masina is GeoNames ID 2593460. Its recorded administrative path is Kinshasa → Congo - Kinshasa, and GeoNames classifies the place as a populated place. Masina occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2021-09-10; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Population position inside fixed cohorts
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Masina ranks 1,181 by recorded population. Inside the 11 selected Congo - Kinshasa entries it ranks 11; inside the 243 entries in its broad region it ranks 239. Its 485,167 population value is 0.59 times the 816,811 median for the country cohort and 0.54 times the 902,588 regional median. Masina sits in the lower half of this atlas's selected Congo - Kinshasa entries. Masina's recorded value is materially below the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Nearest-reference pattern
Masina's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Kinshasa at 10.642 km with 16,000,000 recorded people; Brazzaville at 17.737 km with 1,982,000 recorded people; Cabinda at 377.569 km with 550,000 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 366.927 km. Compared with Kinshasa, Masina's recorded population is 0.03 times as large. Against Masina, Kinshasa follows Kinshasa → Congo - Kinshasa in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Congo - Kinshasa cohort, uses the shared Africa/Kinshasa identifier, and carries capital of a political entity rather than populated place. Its recorded population is above Masina's. Against Masina, Brazzaville follows Brazzaville → Congo - Brazzaville in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the selected Congo - Brazzaville cohort rather than Congo - Kinshasa, uses Africa/Brazzaville instead of Africa/Kinshasa, and carries capital of a political entity rather than populated place. Its recorded population is above Masina's. Against Masina, Cabinda follows Cabinda → Angola in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the selected Angola cohort rather than Congo - Kinshasa, uses Africa/Luanda instead of Africa/Kinshasa, and carries first-order administrative seat rather than populated place. Its recorded population is above Masina's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 160 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Masina's nearest-coordinate gap falls between the tightest tenth and quarter of the atlas. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 2593460, the coordinate pair 4.3836 / 15.3914, country rank 11 of 11, and neighbor GeoNames 2314302 at 10.642 km bind Masina to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts
Masina's reference point is 4.3836° south and 15.3914° east. The IANA identifier Africa/Kinshasa is shared by 3 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPL is shared by 243 rows. Masina's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Masina's point falls in the near-equatorial coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Masina's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Masina, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
- Record keys
- Masina · GeoNames 2593460 · Q3297273
- Name scope
- Masina · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
- Administrative chain
- Kinshasa · Congo - Kinshasa
- Coordinate signature
- 4.3836° S · 15.3914° E
- Population snapshot
- 485,167 · atlas rank 1,181 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- Congo - Kinshasa rank 11 of 11 · median 816,811 · ratio 0.59×
- Regional comparison
- Africa and the Middle East rank 239 of 243 · median 902,588 · ratio 0.54×
- Time-zone cohort
- Africa/Kinshasa · 3 of 1,206 atlas rows
- Place-class cohort
- PPL populated place · 243 of 1,206 rows
- Elevation field
- Masina · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Kinshasa · 10.642 km · population 16,000,000 · atlas rank 5
- Second reference
- Brazzaville · 17.737 km · population 1,982,000 · atlas rank 202
- Third reference
- Cabinda · 377.569 km · population 550,000 · atlas rank 1,013
- Neighbour geometry
- Masina · nearest-distance rank 160 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 366.927 km
- Source dates
- Masina row updated 2021-09-10 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04
