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About :Congo-Brazzaville and congo-kinshasa |
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Location: Africa
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Brazzaville
Main Cities: Pointe Noire
Population: 2,515,000
Area: 342,000 km2
Currency: 1 CFA franc = 100 centimes (no longer used)
Languages: French, Bantu dialects
Religions: Animist, Roman Catholic, Protestant |
| More about country: Democratic Republic of Congo a republic in S central Africa, with a narrow strip of land along the Congo estuary leading to the Atlantic in the west: Congo Free State established in 1885, with Leopold II of Belgium as absolute monarch; became the Belgian Congo colony in 1908; gained independence in 1960, followed by civil war and the secession of Katanga (until 1963); President Mobutu Sese Seko seized power in 1965; declared a one-party state in 1978, and was overthrown by rebels in 1997. The country consists chiefly of the Congo basin, with large areas of dense tropical forest and marshes, and the Mitumba highlands reaching over 5000 m (16 000 ft.) in the east. Official language: French. Religion: Christian majority, animist minority. Currency: Congolese franc. Capital: Kinshasa. Pop.: 54 417 000 (2004 est.). Area: 2 344 116 sq. km (905 063 sq. miles) Former names: Congo Free State (1885-1908), Belgian Congo (1908-60), Congo-Kinshasa (1960-71), Zaïre (1971-97) |
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