Republic of the Congo

The **Republic of the Congo**, also known as **Congo-Brazzaville**, is a country in Africa. Its capital city is Brazzaville. The country was a former colony of France; it became independent on 15 August 1960.
The north of the country has very large areas of rainforest, but in the south are many farms which grow cashcrops like bananas, peanuts.

## Geography

Congo is in the central-western part of sub-Saharan Africa.  It is along the Equator.  To the south and east of it is the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is also bordered by Gabon to the west, Cameroon and the Central African Republic to the north, and Cabinda (Angola) to the southwest. It has a short Atlantic coast.

The capital, Brazzaville, is on the Congo River, directly across from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

## Departments

The Republic of the Congo is divided into 12 Departments. Departments are divided into communes and/or districts.

The districts are:

## Related pages

- Congo at the Olympics
- List of rivers of the Republic of the Congo

## Books about the Republic of the Congo

- Maria Petringa, _Brazza, A Life for Africa_ (2006)

## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: Republic of the Congo
- **common name**: Congo
- **image flag**: Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg
- **flag type**: Flag of the Republic of the Congo, Flag
- **image coat**: Coat of arms of the Republic of the Congo.svg
- **symbol type**: Coat of arms of the Republic of the Congo, Coat of arms
- **national motto**:
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- **national anthem**:

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- **official languages**: French language, French
- **capital**: Brazzaville
- **largest city**: capital
- **government type**: Unitary Semi-presidential system, semi-presidential republic under a dictatorship
- **leader title1**: President of the Republic of the Congo, President
- **leader name1**: Denis Sassou Nguesso
- **leader title2**: Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo, Prime Minister
- **leader name2**: Anatole Collinet Makosso
- **legislature**: Parliament of the Republic of the Congo, Parliament
- **upper house**: Senate (Republic of the Congo), Senate
- **lower house**: National Assembly (Republic of the Congo), National Assembly
- **area km2**: 342,000
- **area sq mi**: 132,047
- **area rank**: 64th
- **percent water**: 3.3
- **population estimate**: 6,228,784
- **population census**: 6,142,180
- **population estimate year**: 2023
- **population estimate rank**: 116th
- **population census year**: 2023
- **population density km2**: 17.96
- **population density sq mi**: 46.52
- **gdp ppp**: $27.994 billion
- **gdp ppp year**: 2023
- **gdp ppp rank**: 150th
- **gdp ppp per capita**: $5,552
- **gdp ppp per capita rank**: 149th
- **gdp nominal**: $14.407 billion
- **gdp nominal year**: 2023
- **gdp nominal rank**: 142nd
- **gdp nominal per capita**: $2,857
- **gdp nominal per capita rank**: 138th
- **gini year**: 2011
- **gini**: 40.2
- **hdi year**: 2023
- **hdi change**: increase
- **hdi**: 0.649
- **hdi rank**: 138th
- **sovereignty type**: Independence
- **established event1**: Republic established
- **established date1**: 28 November 1958
- **established event2**: from France
- **established date2**: 15 August 1960
- **currency**: Central African CFA franc
- **currency code**: XAF
- **time zone**: West Africa Time, WAT
- **utc offset**: +1
- **calling code**: +242
- **iso3166code**: CG
- **cctld**: .cg
- **religion year**: 2020