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Republic of the Congo
  • République du Congo (French)
  • Republíki ya Kongó (Lingala)
  • Repubilika ya Kôngo (Kituba)
Flag of the Republic of Congo
Flag
Coat of arms of the Republic of Congo
Coat of arms
Motto: "Unité, Travail, Progrès" (French)
(English: "Unity, Work, Progress")
Anthem: "La Congolaise" (French)
Besi Kôngo (Kongo)
(English: "The Congolese")
Capital
and largest city
Brazzaville
4°16′S 15°17′E / 4.267°S 15.283°E / -4.267; 15.283
Official languages
  • French
  • Lingala
  • Kituba[1]
Religion
(2020)[2]
  • 87.1% Christianity
  • 8.0% no religion
  • 2.7% traditional faiths
  • 1.2% Islam
  • 1.0% others
Demonym(s)Congolese
GovernmentUnitary semi-presidential republic under a dominant-party authoritarian state[3][4][5][6]
• President
Denis Sassou Nguesso
• Prime Minister
Anatole Collinet Makosso
LegislatureParliament
• Upper house
Senate
• Lower house
National Assembly
Independence
• Republic established
28 November 1958
• from France
15 August 1960
Area
• Total
342,000 km2 (132,000 sq mi) (64th)
• Water (%)
3.3
Population
• 2023 estimate
5,677,493[7] (116th)
• Density
17/km2 (44.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2023 estimate
• Total
Increase $27.994 billion[8] (150th)
• Per capita
Increase $5,552[8] (149th)
GDP (nominal)2023 estimate
• Total
Increase $14.407 billion[8] (142nd)
• Per capita
Increase $2,857[8] (138th)
Gini (2011)40.2[9]
medium
HDI (2021)Decrease 0.571[10]
medium (154th)
CurrencyCentral African CFA franc (XAF)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
Date formatdd/mm/yyyy
Driving sideright
Calling code+242
Internet TLD.cg

The Republic of the Congo[a] 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 African Republic, to the southeast by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south by the Angolan exclave of Cabinda, and to the southwest by the Atlantic Ocean.

The region was dominated by Bantu-speaking tribes at least 3,000 years ago, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. Congo was formerly part of the French colony of Equatorial Africa.[13] The Republic of the Congo was established on 28 November 1958 and gained independence from France in 1960. It was a Marxist–Leninist state from 1969 to 1992, under the name People's Republic of the Congo. The country has had multi-party elections since 1992, but a democratically elected government was ousted in the 1997 Republic of the Congo Civil War. President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who first came to power in 1979, ruled until 1992 and then again since after his reinstatement.

The Republic of the Congo is a member of the African Union, the United Nations, La Francophonie, the Economic Community of Central African States, and the Non-Aligned Movement. It has become the 4th-largest oil producer in the Gulf of Guinea, providing the country with a degree of prosperity, with political and economic instability in some areas, and unequal distribution of oil revenue nationwide. Its economy is dependent on the oil sector,[14] and economic growth has slowed since the post-2015 drop in oil prices. Christianity is the most widely professed faith in the country.

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  2. ^ "Religions in Republic of the Congo | PEW-GRF". Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. ^ Tampa, Vava (10 April 2021). "Sassou rules like an emperor while Congolese die from extreme poverty". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Elections in Congo-Brazzaville". DW. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Congo Brazzaville's Sassou Nguesso re-elected with more than 88% of vote, early results show". France 24. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  6. ^ Clark, John Frank (2008). The failure of democracy in the Republic of Congo. Boulder (Colo.): L. Rienner. ISBN 978-1-58826-555-5.
  7. ^ "Congo, Republic of the". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2023 Edition. (Congo)". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  9. ^ "GINI index". World Bank. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  10. ^ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  11. ^ SEWELL CHAN, MADELEINE KRUHLY & HANNAH OLIVENNES (12 May 2016). "Congo Republic". Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Le congo". Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Congo, Republic of the". CIA – The World Factbook. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
  14. ^ Nzaou-Kongo, Aubin (2018). Exploitation des hydrocarbures et protection de l'environnement en République du Congo : essai sur la complexité de leurs rapports à la lumière du droit international. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.


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