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Administrative divisions 10 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1 commune*; Bouenza, Brazzaville*, Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pool, Sangha
Capital city > Geographic coordinates	4 15 S, 15 17 E
Constitution approved by referendum 20 January 2002
Corruption	2.3		[131st of 160]
Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address	B.P. 1015, Brazzaville
Diplomatic representation in the US > Chief of mission	Ambassador Serge MOMBOULI
Executive branch > Cabinet Council of Ministers appointed by the president
Executive branch > Chief of state President Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO (since 25 October 1997, following the civil war in which he toppled elected president Pascal LISSOUBA)
Flag description divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a yellow band; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is red; note: uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Government type	republic
Independence 15 August 1960 (from France)
Judicial branch Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Legal system based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Legislative branch bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (66 seats; members are elected by indirect vote to serve five-year terms) and the National Assembly (137 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
National holiday Independence Day, 15 August
Political parties and leaders Action Movement for Renewal or MAR; Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development or MCDDI [Michel MAMPOUYA]; Congolese Labour Party or PCT; Movement for Solidarity and Development or MSD; Pan-African Union for Social Development or UPADS [Martin MBERI]; Rally for Democracy and Social Progress or RDPS [Jean-Pierre Thystere TCHICAYA, president]; Rally for Democracy and the Republic or RDR [Raymond Damasge NGOLLO]; Union for Democracy and Republic or UDR; United Democratic Forces or FDU [Sebastian EBAO]; many less important parties
Political pressure groups and leaders Congolese Trade Union Congress or CSC; General Union of Congolese Pupils and Students or UGEEC; Revolutionary Union of Congolese Women or URFC; Union of Congolese Socialist Youth or UJSC
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal
Time required to start a business > days	71 days		[28th of 171]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Democratic Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area

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