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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
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Constitution approved by referendum 20 January 2002
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Corruption	2.3		[131st of 160]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address	B.P. 1015, Brazzaville
Source: Transparency International
Diplomatic representation in the US > Chief of mission	Ambassador Serge MOMBOULI
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Executive branch > Cabinet Council of Ministers appointed by the president
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Government type	republic
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Independence 15 August 1960 (from France)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Judicial branch Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Legal system based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
National holiday Independence Day, 15 August
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Time required to start a business > days	71 days		[28th of 171]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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
Source: World Development Indicators database

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