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Area > Comparative
slightly less than one-fourth the size of the US |
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Area > Land
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2,267,600 sq km |
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[13th of 238]
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
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Area > Total
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2,345,410 sq km |
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[19th of 250]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Capital city with population
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Kinshasa - 4,655,313 |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Climate
tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season (April to October), dry season (December to February); south of Equator - wet season (November to March), dry season (April to October) |
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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites. |
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Forested Land
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59.6% |
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[22nd of 193]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Geographic coordinates
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0 00 N, 25 00 E |
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Source: FAO |
Land boundaries > Border countries
Angola 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 233 km, Central African Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda 217 km, Sudan 628 km, Tanzania 459 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Land use > Arable land
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2.86% |
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[171st of 258]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Largest city
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Kinsasha |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Largest city population
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1,004,000 |
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[84th of 174]
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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
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Largest city with population
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Kinshasa - 4,655,313 |
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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
Location
Central Africa, northeast of Angola |
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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites. |
Map references
Africa |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Natural hazards
periodic droughts in south; Congo River floods (seasonal); in the east, in the Great Rift Valley, there are active volcanoes |
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
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Natural resources
cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Population density
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22.26 people per sqkm |
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[179th of 256]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Population density > people per sq. km
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25.38 people/m²
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[158th of 204]
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Source: Heal The World Foundation. |
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Surface area > sq. km
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2,344,860 km²
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[12th of 206]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Mount Stanley |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republique Democratique du Congo, congo (drc), congo (kinshasa), congo dr, congo-kinshasa, dem. rep. of the congo, zaire, Congo, Democratic Republic, Congo, Dem. Republic, Congo (Kinsasha), Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Congo, Dem. Rep. of the, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dem Rep. of the Congo, DRC Congo, DR Congo, Congo, Dem. Rep.
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