Democratic Republic o the Congo
Coordinates: 2°52′48″S 23°39′22″E / 2.88°S 23.656°E
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 République démocratique du Congo (French) Repubilika ya Kôngo ya Dimokalasi (Kongo) Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki (Lingala) Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (Swahili) Ditunga dia Kongu wa Mungalaata (Luba-Katanga) | |
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Motto: "Justice – Paix – Travail" (French) "Juistice – Peace – Wirk" | |
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| Caipital and largest city | Kinshasa 4°19′S 15°19′E / 4.317°S 15.317°E |
| Offeecial leids | French |
| Recognised naitional leids | |
| Demonym(s) | Congolese |
| Govrenment | Unitar semi-presidential republic |
• Preses | Félix Tshisekedi |
| Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde | |
| Legislatur | Parliament |
| Senate | |
| Naitional Assemmly | |
| Formation | |
| 17 November 1879 | |
| 1 Julie 1885 | |
| 15 November 1908 | |
• Independence frae Belgium | 30 Juin 1960[1] |
• Renamed tae Democratic Republic o the Congo | 1 August 1964 |
| 29 October 1971 | |
| 17 Mey 1997 | |
| 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 |
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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).
References
eedit- ↑ a b c d Central Intelligence Agency (2014). "Democratic Republic of the Congo". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Archived frae the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 Apryle 2014.
- ↑ "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 "Democratic Republic of the Congo". international monetary fund.
- ↑ "GINI index". World Bank. Retrieved 30 Julie 2013.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
- ↑ See "Rumblings of war in heart of Africa" by Abraham McLaughlin and Duncan Woodside The Christian Science Monitor 23 June 2004 and "World War Three" Archived 2009-01-11 at the Wayback Machine by Chris Bowers My Direct Democracy 24 July 2006
- ↑ McCrummen, Stephanie (9 September 2007). "Prevalence of Rape in E.Congo Described as Worst in World". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2 Mey 2010.
- ↑ Robinson, Simon (28 Mey 2006). "The deadliest war in the world". Time.com. Archived frae the original on 17 Juin 2010. Retrieved 2 Mey 2010.
- ↑ Joe Bavier (22 Januar 2008). "Congo War driven crisis kills 45,000 a month". Reuters.com. Retrieved 2 Mey 2010.
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