Republic of the Congo République du Congo (in French)
Motto:
Anthem:
Location of  Republic of the Congo  (dark blue) – in Africa  (light blue & dark grey) – in the African Union  (light blue)
Capital and largest city	Brazzaville
Official languages	French
Demonym(s)	Congolese
Government	Single-party State Socialist State Presidential republic
• President	Denis Sassou Nguesso
Independence
• from France	August 15, 1960
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (64th)
• Water (%)	3.3
Population
• 2009 estimate	3,686,000 (128th)
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (204th)
GDP (PPP)	2011 estimate
• Total	$17.108 billion
• Per capita	$4,426
GDP (nominal)	2011 estimate
• Total	$11.530 billion
• Per capita	$2,983
HDI (2011)	0.533 low · 126th
Currency	Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+242
ISO 3166 code	CG
Internet TLD	.cg

Map showing the Republic of the Congo

The Republic of the Congo is a country in Africa. Its capital city is Brazzaville. The country was a former colony of France; it became independent on 15 August 1960.The north of the country has very large areas of rainforest, but in the south are many farms which grow cashcrops like bananas, peanuts.