page_title: Geography of the Republic of the Congo
hierarchical_section_title: Geography of the Republic of the Congo
caption_attribution_description: Topographic map of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville). Created with GMT from public domain SRTM data.
context_page_description: The Republic of the Congo is located in the western part of northern Africa. on the Equator, it is eby the Angola exclave of Cabinda to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north and west, the Central African Republic and Cameroon to the north and Gabon to the west. Congo has a 169 km long Atlantic coast with several important ports. The Republic of the Congo covers an area of 342,000 km², of which 341,500 km² is land while 500 km² is water. Congo claims 200 nautical miles of territorial sea.
  The capital of the Republic of the Congo is Brazzaville, located on the Congo River immediately across from Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With a metropolitan population of approximately 1.5 million, Brazzaville is by far the largest city in the Republic, having almost twice the population of Pointe-Noire, the country's second largest city. About 70% of the population lives in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, or along the railroad between them.
context_section_description: The Republic of the Congo is located in the western part of northern Africa. on the Equator, it is eby the Angola exclave of Cabinda to the south (231 km), the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north and west(1,229 km), the Central African Republic (487 km) and Cameroon (494 km) to the north and Gabon to the west (2,567 km). Congo has a 169 km long Atlantic coast with several important ports. The Republic of the Congo covers an area of 342,000 km², of which 341,500 km² is land while 500 km² is water. Congo claims 200 nautical miles (370 km) of territorial sea.
  The capital of the Republic of the Congo is Brazzaville, located on the Congo River immediately across from Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With a metropolitan population of approximately 1.5 million, Brazzaville is by far the largest city in the Republic, having almost twice the population of Pointe-Noire (663,400 as of the 2005 census), the country's second largest city. About 70% of the population lives in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, or along the railroad between them.
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