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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country in Middle Africa with its capital in Kinshasa.
- Capital
- Kinshasa
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Population
- 112.8 million
- Languages
- French, Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba, Swahili
- Currency
- Congolese franc (FC)
- Area
- 2,344,858 km²
- Borders
- 🇦🇴 Angola 🇧🇮 Burundi 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇸🇸 South Sudan 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇿🇲 Zambia
💡 Africa's second-largest country; holds 70% of the world's cobalt.
About the flag
Adopted in 2006, today’s design closely resembles the flag the country used in the 1960s, not long after independence from Belgium.
How to spot it: Sky blue field with a yellow-edged red diagonal band and a yellow star in the top-left corner.
Often confused with: 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇹🇿 Tanzania