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Map of DR Congo. This is a list of places, mostly cities and towns, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without regard to their official status. Administrative units
Map of Republic of the Congo This is a list of cities and towns in the Republic of the Congo with population of 4,000 or more, according to 2007 census. [ 1 ]
The Democratic Republic of the Congo ( DRC ), [ b] also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa. By land area, the DRC is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 105 million, the Democratic Republic of the ...
The Republic of the Congo, [ a] also known as Congo-Brazzaville, West Congo, Congo Republic, [ 12][ 13] ROC, ROTC, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located on the western coast of Central Africa to the west of the Congo River. It is bordered to the west by Gabon, to the northwest by Cameroon, to the northeast by the Central ...
The capital city of Kinshasa is a one of a kind administrative division due to article 2 of the Constitution which makes it a division of the country and gives it the status of a province. [6] In practice this means that—like a province—it has a provincial government with an elected governor and an Assembly, but—like a city—it is ...
Kinshasa ( / kɪnˈʃɑːsə /; French: [kinʃasa]; Lingala: Kinsásá ), formerly named Léopoldville until June 30, 1966, is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one of the world's fastest-growing megacities.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the largest country of sub-Saharan Africa, occupying some 2,344,858 square kilometres (905,355 sq mi).[ 1] Most of the country lies within the vast hollow of the Congo River basin.[ 1] The vast, low-lying central area is a plateau-shaped basin sloping toward the west, covered by tropical rainforest ...
The Belgian Congo became an independent country in 1960, named Republic of the Congo. By 1963, the country was organised into 21 provinces (informally called provincettes) plus the capital city of Léopoldville, similar to the original 22 districts under colonial rule. In 1966, the 21 provincettes were grouped into eight provinces, and the ...