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Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of the > Geography

CONGOLESE GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
slightly less than one-fourth the size of the US
Area > Land 2,267,600 sq km Time series [13th of 238]
Definition: Geography > Area > Land
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total 2,345,410 sq km Time series [19th of 250]
Definition: Geography > Area > Total
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population Kinshasa - 4,655,313
Definition: Geography > Capital city with population
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)
Definition: Geography > Climate
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Forested Land 59.6% [22nd of 193]
Definition: Geography > Forested Land
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates 0 00 N, 25 00 E Time series
Definition: Geography > Geographic coordinates
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
Definition: Geography > Land boundaries > Border countries
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land 2.86% Time series [171st of 258]
Definition: Geography > Land use > Arable land
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city Kinsasha
Definition: Geography > Largest city
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population 1,004,000 [84th of 174]
Definition: Geography > Largest city population
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population Kinshasa - 4,655,313
Definition: Geography > Largest city with population
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location
Central Africa, northeast of Angola
Definition: Geography > Location
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references
Africa
Definition: Geography > Map references
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
Definition: Geography > Natural hazards
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Natural resources
cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber
Definition: Geography > Natural resources
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density 22.26 people per sqkm [179th of 256]
Definition: Geography > Population density
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km 25.38 people/m² Time series [158th of 204]
Definition: Geography > Population density > people per sq. km
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Surface area > sq. km 2,344,860 km² Time series [12th of 206]
Definition: Geography > Surface area > sq. km
Source: World Development Indicators database
tallest mountains > Mountain Mount Stanley
Definition: Geography > tallest mountains > Mountain
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

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8th January 2005 		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
ahmed
2nd December 2004 		what are the names of countries that share a land border with congo?
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