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Additional information about Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Official country name: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Short name:
Local names (long and short forms): Republique Democratique du Congo /
Former name: Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Congo/Leopoldville, Congo/Kinshasa, Zaire
Abbreviation: DROC
Notes:
Nationality noun / adjective: Congolese (singular and plural) / Congolese or Congo
Languages spoken: French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba. .
Capital: Kinshasa (GMT 1.0, summertime: )
Government type: republic
Population: 66514504 ranked 20, (data 2008)
Geography: straddles equator; has narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River and is only outlet to South Atlantic Ocean; dense tropical rain forest in central river basin and eastern highlands. The lowest point is Atlantic Ocean 0 m and the highest point is Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m. .
Coastline: Coastline 37 km - . .
Land borders: Congo, Democratic Republic of the has a total of 10730 km landborders, bordering to Angola 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 233 km, Central African Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda 217 km, Sudan 628 km, Tanzania 459 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km. . .
Administrative divisions: 10 provinces (provinces, singular - province) and 1 city* (ville); Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Equateur, Kasai-Occidental, Kasai-Oriental, Katanga, Kinshasa*, Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Orientale, Sud-Kivu
according to the Constitution adopted in December 2005, the current administrative divisions will be subdivided into 26 new provinces by 2009
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Independence: 30 June 1960 (from Belgium)