Organizations / Congo, Dem. Rep. of the

• Country name : Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
• Official name : Democratic Republic of the Congo
• System of government :
• National anthem :

Geography

• Area : 2,345,410 km²
• Capital : Kinshasa
• Border countries : bounded on the north by the Central African Republic and the Republic of the Sudan ; on the east by Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Lake Tanganyika ; on the south by Zambia and Angola ; and on the west by the Republic of the Congo and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda.

People

• Population : 62,7 millions (2006)
• Language(s) : French (official), Swahili, Lingala, Ishiluba, and Kikongo, others.
• Religions : Roman Catholic (50 %), Protestant (20 %), Kimbanguist (10%), Islam (10%) ; syncretic and traditional, (10 %).

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