# Republic of the Congo

| Republic of the Congo République du Congo |
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Folaga

Coat of arms

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| **Motto:**{native phrase|fr|"Unité, Travail, Progrès"|italics=off|nolink=on}} (Tempolete:Langx) |
| **Anthem:**"La Congolaise" (**Script error: The function "name\_from\_code" does not exist.**) Besi Kôngo  (**Script error: The function "name\_from\_code" does not exist.**) (Tempolete:Langx) |
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| Mošate and largest city | Brazzaville ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Diteme tsa semmusô | French |
| Recognised national languages | * Kituba
* Lingala
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| Sedumedi (2020)
}} | * 87.1% Christianity
* 8.0% no religion
* 2.7% traditional faiths
* 1.2% Islam
* 1.0% others
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| Demonym(s) | * Congolese
* Congo
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| Government | Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic under an authoritarian dictatorship |
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| • President  | Denis Sassou Nguesso |
| • Prime Minister  | Anatole Collinet Makosso |
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| Legislature | Parliament |
| • Upper house | Senate |
| • Lower house | National Assembly |
| Independence |
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| • Republic established  | 28 November 1958 |
| • from France  | 15 August 1960 |
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| Fatshe |
| • Land | 342,000 km2 (132,000 sq mi) |
| • Water (%) | 3.3 |
| Batho |
| • 2023 estimate | 6,228,784 (116th) |
| • 2023 census | 6,142,180 |
| • Bokete | 17.96/km2 (46.5/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate |
| • Total |  $27.994 billion (150th) |
| • Per capita |  $5,552 (149th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
| • Total |  $14.407 billion (142nd) |
| • Per capita |  $2,857 (138th) |
| Gini (2011) | 40.2 medium |
| HDI (2022) |  0.593 medium · 149th |
| Madi | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +242 |
| ISO 3166 code | CG |
| Internet TLD | .cg |

Lefatshe la **Republic of the Congo**, le le itsegeng gape ka **Congo-Brazzaville**, **Congo Republic** kgotsa **Congo** fela, ke lefatshe le le kwa lotshitshing lo lo kwa bophirima jwa Aforika kwa bophirima jwa noka ya Congo. Le tlhakanetse melelwane le mafatshe a Gabon kwa bokone-bophirima, Central African Republic kwa bokone-botlhaba, Democratic Republic of Congo kwa borwa-botlhaba, kgaolo ya Angola ya Cabinda kwa borwa le lewatle la Atlantic kwa borwa-bophirima.

Kgaolo e e ne e eteletswe pele ke merafe ya batho-bantsho dingwaga tse di dikete tse tharo tse di fetileng, ba ba neng ba aga ditsela tsa thekiso tse di golaganyang lefatshe le kgampu ya noka ya Congo. Go tswa ka century ya bo lesome le boraro, kgaolo e e ne e eteletswe pele ke setlhopha se se ikgolagantseng se eteletswe pele ke bogosi jwa Vungu bo bo neng bo akaretsa magosi a Kakongo le Nyongo. Ka century ya lesome le borataro go ne ga tlhagoga bogosi jwa Loango. Lefatshe la France le ne la busa kgaolo e mme la e tsenya mo French Equatorial Africa. Lefatshe la Republic of the Congo le simolotswe ka ngwaga wa 1958, Ngwanatsele a le malatsi a a masome mabedi le boferabobedi, la tsaya boipuso go tswa mo go la France ka ngwaga wa 1960. Lefatshe le le nnile le ditlhopho tsa diphathi tse dintsi fa e sale ka ngwaga wa 1992, mme puso e e neng e tlhophilwe e ne ya thankgolwa ka ntwa ya selegae ya ngwaga wa 1997. Tautona Denis Sassou Nguesso o o busitseng go tswa ka 1979 go tsena ka 1992.

Lefatshe la Republic of the Congo ke leloko la makgotla a African Union, United Nations, La Francophonie, Economic Community of Central African States le Non-Aligned Movement. Ke lefatshe la bone ka bogolo jwa go fetlha lookwane mo kgaolong ya Gulf of Guinea, se se ne sa baya lefatshe mo maemong a go atlega. Itsholelo ya lefatshe le e ikaegile ka ka lekalana la lookwane, mme go gola ga itsholelo go bonya fa e sale ditlwatlhwa tsa lookwane di wela tlase ka ngwaga wa 2015.

Tumelo ya SeKeresete ke yone e e anameng lefatshe le. Go ya ka pego ya 2024 ya World Happiness Report, lefatshe la Republic of Congo ke la bo masome a ferabobedi le boferabongwe mo mafatsheng a le lekgolo le masome a a mane.

## Tlholego

Lefatshe le le tsaya leina la lone mo nokeng ya Congo, e leina la yone le tswang mo bogosing jwa Kongo jwa batho bantsho ba ba nnileng kwa go lone ka nako e batho ba lotso lwa Portuguese ba neng ba goroga kwa ngwaga wa 1483 kgotsa 1484.

Ka nako e lefatshe le le neng le busiwa ke France, le ne le itsege ka French Congo kgotsa Middle Congo. Lefatshe la Republic of the Congo kgotsa Congo fela, le farologanang le la Democratic Republic of the Congo, le le itsegeng gape ka DR Congo. Toropo ya Brazzaville e tsaya leina la yone mo go Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, monna wa kwa Italy o leina la gagwe le neng le raya toropo ya Brazzacco.

## Dipalopalo

Bontsi jwa banni ba kwa borwa-bophirima jwa lefatshe, se se tlogela dikgwa kwa bokone di sa nniwe ke ope.70% ya banni ba nna kwa ditoropong jaaka kwa Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire kgotsa ditoropo le metse e e bapileng le seporo se se kopanyang ditopo tse pedi. Kwa metseng selegae, go dira le go rekisa go ile tlase mo dingwageng, ka jalo itsholelo ya magae e ikaegile ka dithuso tsa puso.

Pele ga ntwa ya ngwaga wa1997, batho ba kwa Europe le mafatshe a mangwe a e seng a Aforika ba ne ba nna kwa Congo, bontsi jwa bone e le ba lotso lwa French, sephatlo sa palo e se santse se le teng. Batho ba ba tswang kwa lefatsheng la Amerika ba le makgolo a mararo ba nna kwa Congo.

Go ya ka patlisiso ya ngwaga wa 2011 go tsena ka 2012, mme a le mongwe o nna le bana ba le batlhano, kwa toropong ba le bane fa kwa magaeng ba le barataro.

### Dipuo

Kgatiso ya Ethnologue e lemoga diteme di le masome a marataro le bobedi tse di buiwang kwa lefatsheng le. Morafe wa Kongo ke one o motona, o dira sephatlo sa batho ba ba mo lefatsheng le. Ditlhophana tse dinnye tse di lemosegang ke tsa Laari kwa Brazzaville le sa Vili kwa Pointe-Noire le fa lotshitshing lwa Atlantic. Setlhopa sa bobedi se setona ke sa Teke ba ba nnang kwa bokone jwa Brazzaville, ba dira 16.9% ya baagi. Ba Mbochi ba nna kwa bokone, botlhaba le kwa Brazzaville bone ba dira 13.1% ya baagi.

### Tumelo

Go ya ka CIA World Factbook, batho ba Republic of the Congo ke ba ditumelo tsa Catholic ba ba dirang 33.1%, Awakening Lutherans ba ba dirang 22.3% le tse dingwe (19.9%) mo ngwageng wa 2007. Ba ba setseng morago Islam ba dira 1.6%, se ke ka ntlha ya babereki ba ba tswang kwa mafatsheng a a kwa ntle, ba ba thibeletseng mo ditoropong.

### Thuto

Thuto ya puso e neelwa banni ntle le dituelo dipe, mme ebile e a patelesega mo bathong botlhe ba ba dingwaga tse di kwa tlase ga lesome le borataro, mme go na le dituelo. Ka ngwaga wa 2005, batho ba ba kwadisitsweng mo dikolong ba ne ba dira 44%, e le kwelo tlase go tswa mo 79% ka ngwaga wa 1991.

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