Democratic Republic of the Congo

E9695
United Nations peacekeeping mission armed conflict capital city country in Africa currency former colony former sovereign state landlocked developing country national park river river basin sovereign state

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, resource-rich Central African nation known for the Congo River basin, extensive rainforests, and a history marked by colonial exploitation and ongoing political instability.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Democratic Republic of the Congo canonical 835
Zaire 40
western Democratic Republic of the Congo 4

Statements (81)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations peacekeeping mission ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ
capital city ⓘ
country in Africa ⓘ
currency ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
former sovereign state ⓘ
landlocked developing country ⓘ
national park ⓘ
national park ⓘ
river ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
area about 2345000 square kilometers ⓘ
border Angola ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Burundi ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
callingCode +243 ⓘ
capital Kinshasa ⓘ
climate equatorial ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
colonialName Democratic Republic of the Congo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Congo
colonialPower Belgium ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
countrySuccessor Democratic Republic of the Congo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
currency Congolese franc ⓘ
drainage Congo Rainforest ⓘ
surface form: Congo River Basin
drainageBasin Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
drivesOn right ⓘ
flowsThrough Democratic Republic of the Congo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
formerName Democratic Republic of the Congo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zaire
governmentType semi-presidential republic ⓘ
hasConflictHistory First Congo War ⓘ
Second Congo War ⓘ
hasEcosystem tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Salonga National Park ⓘ
Virunga National Park ⓘ
hasRegion Central Africa ⓘ
surface form: Congo Basin
hasRiver Congo River ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President ⓘ
independenceDate 1960-06-30 ⓘ
independenceFrom Belgium ⓘ
internetTLD .cd ⓘ
largestCity Kinshasa ⓘ
locatedIn Central Africa ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
memberOf African Union ⓘ
Economic Community of Central African States ⓘ
Southern African Development Community ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
naturalResource cobalt ⓘ
coltan ⓘ
copper ⓘ
diamonds ⓘ
gold ⓘ
tantalum ⓘ
timber ⓘ
tin ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
operatesIn Democratic Republic of the Congo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
partOf Congo Rainforest ⓘ
recognizedNationalLanguage Kikongo ⓘ
Lingala ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
surface form: Swahili

Tshiluba ⓘ
timeZone UTC+1 ⓘ
UTC+2 ⓘ
UNMission United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
surface form: MONUSCO

Referenced by (894)

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

Congo River → countryTraversed → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Congo River → formsBorderBetween → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Congo River → historicalNameUsedBy → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zaire (country name 1971–1997)
ECCAS → memberState → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Port of Banana → country → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa → focusCountry → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Lake Tanganyika → country → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Lake Tanganyika → border → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Lake Tanganyika → basinCountry → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Lake Tanganyika shoreline → bordersCountry → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Pan paniscus → nativeTo → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Pan paniscus → endemicTo → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Central Banda languages → spokenIn → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Ha people → neighboringPresence → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Ha people → country → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Ha people → ethnicGroupIn → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Bembe people → country → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Kigoma → borderingCountryAcrossLake → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Kigoma → hasNearbyBorder → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Katavi Region → borders → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Burundi → borderCountry → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
West Africa Time (WAT) → usedInCountry → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
subject surface form: West Africa Time
this entity surface form: Democratic Republic of the Congo (west)
Diamond → majorProducerCountry → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Chadian–Libyan conflict → supportedBy → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zaire
South Sudan → borderCountry → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Nile Valley → country → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
East African Court of Justice → jurisdictionOver → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
East African Legislative Assembly → country → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Council of Ministers of the East African Community → country → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
East African shilling → usedInFutureBy → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Kagera River → basinCountry → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Uvinza → nearBorderWith → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Kirundi → spokenIn → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Secretariat of the East African Community → appliesToJurisdiction → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Economic Community of Central African States → memberState → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Nilo-Saharian → spokenIn → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Nilo-Saharian phylum → spokenIn → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Southern Nilotic languages → spokenIn → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Kituba → region → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Kituba → officialStatusIn → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
COG → note → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: COD is the alpha-3 code for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Eastern Sudanic languages → spokenIn → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Congo → borderedBy → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of the Congo
Congo → sharesNameWith → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of the Congo
Nile Basin Initiative → member → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Angolan Civil War → mainBelligerent → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zaire
Equatorial lakes region → crossesCountry → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
subject surface form: Equatorial Lakes region
White Nile → basinCountry → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Central Sudanic languages → spokenIn → Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ