Democratic Republic of the Congo Flag #1
by Sterling Gold
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Democratic Republic of the Congo Flag #1
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Sterling Gold
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Digital Art - Digital
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo, sometimes referred to as DR Congo, DRC, Congo, Congo-kinshasa, DROC, or RDC, is a country located in the African Great Lakes region of Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world. With a population of over 75 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the nineteenth most populous nation in the world, the fourth most populous nation in Africa, as well as the most populous officially Francophone country.
It is bordered by the Central African Republic and South Sudan to the north; Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi in the east; Zambia and Angola to the south; the Republic of the Congo, the Angolan exclave of Cabinda, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west; and is separated from Tanzania by Lake Tanganyika in the east. The country has access to the ocean through a 40-kilometre (25mi) stretch of Atlantic coastline at Muanda and the roughly 9km wide mouth of the Congo River which opens into the Gulf of Guinea. It has the second-highest total Christian population in Africa.
The Democratic Republic of the Congowas formerly known as, in chronological order, Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zaïre. Although located in the Central African UN subregion, the nation is also economically and regionally affiliated with Southern Africa as a member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
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June 23rd, 2014
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