Republic of the Congo République du Congo (in French) | |
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Motto: | |
Anthem: | |
Capital and largest city | Brazzaville |
Official languages | French |
Demonym(s) | Congolese |
Government | Single-party State
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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 |
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.
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