Congo-Léopoldville

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post-colonial state sovereign state

Congo-Léopoldville was the name of the newly independent central African state now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the early 1960s, a period marked by political crisis and UN peacekeeping intervention.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Congo (Léopoldville) 1
Leopoldville 1
Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf post-colonial state ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
borderedBy Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burundi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanganyika NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Léopoldville NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
currency Congolese franc NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Congo-Brazzaville NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1964 ⓘ
follows Belgian Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerColonyOf Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadPrimeMinister Cyrille Adoula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moïse Tshombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patrice Lumumba NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadSecessionistRegion Katanga NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Kasai NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm republic ⓘ
hasMajorCity Elisabethville NERFINISHED ⓘ
Léopoldville NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Congo River NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfGovernment Cyrille Adoula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moïse Tshombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patrice Lumumba NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfState Joseph Kasa-Vubu NERFINISHED ⓘ
independenceDate 1960-06-30 ⓘ
independenceFrom Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedIn Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Congo Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Non-Aligned Movement (early contacts) NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1960-06-30 ⓘ
subjectOf UN peacekeeping mission ONUC NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNAdmissionDate 1960-09-20 ⓘ
UNMemberState true ⓘ
usedName Congo-Léopoldville NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations Operation in the Congo → countryServed → Congo-Léopoldville ⓘ
Patrice Lumumba → residence → Congo-Léopoldville ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leopoldville
Mobutu Sese Seko → renamedCountryFrom → Congo-Léopoldville ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
1961 Belgrade summit → participatingState → Congo-Léopoldville ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congo (Léopoldville)