Republic o the Congo
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Coordinates: 1°26′24″S 15°33′22″E / 1.44°S 15.556°E
The Republic o the Congo (French: République du Congo; Kongo: Repubilika ya Kongo; Lingala: Republiki ya Kongó), cried Congo-Brazzaville or Little Congo an aa, or simply the Congo, is a state in Central Africae. It is bordered bi Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic o the Congo (umwhile kent as Zaire), the Angolan exclave province o Cabinda, an the Gulf o Guinea.
Republic o the Congo République du Congo (French) | |
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Motto: "Unité, Travail, Progrès" (French) "Unity, Wirk, Progress" | |
 Location o Republic o the Congo (dark blue) – in Africae (light blue & dark grey) | |
| Caipital and largest city | Brazzaville 4°16′S 15°17′E / 4.267°S 15.283°E |
| Offeecial leids | French |
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| Ethnic groups | |
| Demonym(s) | Congolese |
| Govrenment | Unitary semi-presidential republic |
• Preses | Denis Sassou Nguesso |
| Anatole Collinet Makosso | |
| Legislatur | Pairlament |
| Senate | |
| Naitional Assemmly | |
| Unthirldom | |
• frae Fraunce | 15 August 1960 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 342,000 km2 (132,000 sq mi) (64th) |
• Water (%) | 3.3 |
| Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 5,125,821[1] (124th) |
• Density | 12.8/km2 (33.2/sq mi) (204t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $30.607 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $6,720[2] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate |
• Tot | $8.341 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $1,831[2] |
| Gini (2011) | 40.2[3] medium |
| HDI (2015) |  0.592[4]medium · 135t |
| Currency | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +242 |
| ISO 3166 code | CG |
| Internet TLD | .cg |
The region wis dominatit bi Bantu tribes, who biggit trade links leadin intae the Congo River basin. The republic is a umwhile French colony.[5] Upon unthrildom in 1960, the umwhile French region o Middle Congo became the Republic o the Congo. The Fowkrepublic o the Congo wis a Marxist-Leninist single-pairty state frae 1970 tae 1991. Multipairty elections hae been held syne 1992, although a democratically elected government wis oostit in a 1997 ceevil war.
References
eedit- ↑ "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ↑ a b c d "Republic of the Congo". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 25 Julie 2017.
- ↑ "GINI index". World Bank. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
- ↑ "CIA – The World Factbook – Congo, Republic of the". Cia.gov. Archived frae the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
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