Democratic Republic o the Congo
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The Democratic Republic o the Congo (French: République démocratique du Congo), umwhile Zaire, is a naition locatit in Central Africae, wi a short Atlantic coastline (37 km). It is the third lairgest kintra in Africae bi aurie efter Sudan an Algerie an the 12t lairgest in the warld. The Democratic Republic o the Congo – wi its population o nearly 71 million,[1] – is the aichteent maist populous naition in the warld, an the fowert maist populous naition in Africae, as well as the maist populous offeecially Francophone kintra.
Democratic Republic o the Congo | |
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Motto: "Justice – Paix – Travail" (French) "Juistice – Peace – Wirk" | |
.svg) Location o Democratic Republic o the Congo (dark green) | |
| Caipital and largest city | Kinshasa 4°19′S 15°19′E |
| Offeecial leids | French |
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| Demonym(s) | Congolese |
| Govrenment | Unitar semi-presidential republic |
• Preses | Félix Tshisekedi |
• Prime Meenister | Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde |
| Legislatur | Parliament |
• Upper house | Senate |
• Lower house | Naitional Assemmly |
| Formation | |
• Colonized | 17 November 1879 |
| 1 Julie 1885 | |
• Belgian Congo | 15 November 1908 |
| 30 Juin 1960[1] | |
• Renamed tae Democratic Republic o the Congo | 1 August 1964 |
• Republic o Zaire | 29 October 1971 |
• Faw o Mobutu | 17 Mey 1997 |
• Current constitution | 18 Februar 2006 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 2,345,409 km2 (905,567 sq mi) (11t) |
• Water (%) | 3.32 |
| Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 78,736,153[2] (16t) |
• Density | 34.83/km2 (90.2/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $67.988 billion[3] |
• Per capita | $785[3] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $40.415 billion[3] |
• Per capita | $446[3] |
| Gini (2006) | 44.4[4] medium |
| HDI (2015) | 0.435[5] law · 176t |
| Currency | Congolese franc (CDF) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 to +2 (WAT an CAT) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +243 |
| ISO 3166 code | CD |
| Internet TLD | .cd |
In order tae distinguish it frae the neighborin Republic o the Congo tae the wast, the Democratic Republic o the Congo is aften referred tae as DR Congo, DROC, DRC, or RDC (frae its French abbreviation), or is cawed Congo-Kinshasa efter the caipital o Kinshasa (in contrast tae Congo-Brazzaville for its neighbor). It an aa borders the Central African Republic an Sudan tae the north; Uganda, Rwanda, an Burundi in the east; Zambie an Angolae tae the sooth; the Atlantic Ocean tae the wast; an is separatit frae Tanzanie bi Loch Tanganyika in the east.[1] The kintra haes access tae the ocean through a 40-kilometre (25 mi) stretch o Atlantic coastline at Muanda an the roughly nine-kilometer-wide mouth o the Congo River which opens intae the Gulf o Guinea.
The Democratic Republic o the Congo wis umwhile, in chronological order, the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Congo-Léopoldville, Congo-Kinshasa, an Zaire (Zaïre in French).[1] Though it is locatit in the Central African UN subregion, the naition is economically an regionally affiliatit wi Soothren Africae as a member o the Soothren African Development Community (SADC).
The Seicont Congo War, beginnin in 1998, devastatit the kintra, involved seiven foreign airmies an is sometimes referred tae as the "African Warld War".[6] Despite the signin o peace accords in 2003, fechtin continues in the east o the kintra. In eastren Congo, the prevalence o rape an ither sexual violence is described as the wirst in the warld.[7] The war is the warld's deadliest conflict since Warld War II, killin 5.4 million fowk.[8][9]
Though it is locatit in the Central African UN subregion, the naition is an aw economically an regionally affiliatit wi Soothren Africae as a member o the Soothren African Development Community (SADC).
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