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COUNTRY FACTS: CONGO
Name(official): Republic of the Congo
Name(short): Congo(Brazzaville)
Capital City: Brazzaville
Location: West Central Africa, bordering the south atlantic between Angola and Gabon. Click to enlarge map of congo republic
Map of Congo, Republic of
Coordinate: 1 00 S, 15 00E
Independence: (From France) August 15th; 1960.
President: Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO
Type of Government: Republic
Total Area: 342 00sq.km.
Population: 3 702 314
People: Kongo 48%, Sangha 20%, Teke 17%, M'Bochi 12%, Europeans and others 3%.
Religion: Christians 59%, animist 48%, muslims 2%.
Languages: French(official), Lingala and Monokutuba(lingua franca trade language), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most wide spread).
Literacy: 83.8%total, 86.6%male, 78.4%female (2003 est.)
Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine Franc
(1CFAF =100centimes)
GDP(per capita): $1 300 (2005 est.)
Arable Land: 1.45% (2005 est.)
Agriculture: cassava(tapioca), sugarcane, rice, corn, vegetable, peanuts, coffee, cocoa, forest products.
Natural resources: Petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphate, gold, magnesium, natural gas, hydropower.
Embassy in Japan:
General Info:
International Phone Code: +242

ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

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MAJOR CITIES

Brazzaville, Ponte-Noire, Loubomo, Nkayi

NEWS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

10 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1 commune*; Bouenza, Brazzaville*, Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pool, Sangha.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS