REPUBLIC OF CONGO


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Territory
342,000 km2 (64th)

Capital
Brazzaville

Language
French

Motto
'Unity,Work,Progress'






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Republic of Congo Flag

The Republic of the Congo, otherwise called Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic, or just the Congo, is a nation situated in the western bank of Central Africa. It is circumscribed by five nations: Gabon to its west; Cameroon to its northwest and the Central African Republic to its upper east; the Democratic Republic of the Congo toward the southeast and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda to its south; and the Atlantic Ocean to its southwest. The locale was overwhelmed by Bantu-talking clans at any rate 3,000 years back, who incorporated exchange joins driving with the Congo River bowl. Congo was once in the past piece of the French province of Equatorial Africa. The Republic of the Congo was set up on the 28th of November 1958 yet picked up autonomy from France in 1960. The Republic of the Congo has turned into the fourth-biggest oil maker in the Gulf of Guinea, furnishing the nation with a level of flourishing notwithstanding political and monetary precariousness in certain zones and unequal dispersion of oil income across the nation.


Coat of Arms


Republic of Congo Coat of Arms

Territory


Republic of Congo Map

342,000 km2 (64th)


Capital


Republic of Congo Capital

Brazzaville

Brazzaville is the capital and biggest city of the Republic of the (Congo Republic). Establishing the money related and regulatory focal point of the nation, it is situated on the north side of the Congo River, inverse Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The number of inhabitants in the capital is evaluated to surpass 1.8 million occupants, containing in excess of 33% of the national masses, 40% of whom are utilized in non-farming callings. Amid World War II, Brazzaville was likewise the capital of Free France somewhere in the range of 1940 and 1942.


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Republic of Congo Languague

French



Motto


Republic of Congo Motto

'Unity,Work,Progress'



Demonym(s)

Congolese

Population

5,125,821
(2016 estimate)

Currency

Central African CFA franc (XAF)

Time Zone

UTC+1 (WAT)

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