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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: République démocratique du Congo), known until 1997 as Zaire, is a country located in Central Africa, with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest country (by area) in Africa. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is, with a UN...
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Kinshasa
Kinshasa (formerly French: Léopoldville, and Dutch: Leopoldstad (help·info)) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as Zaire from 1971 to 1997. The city is located on the Congo River.
Once a site of fishing...
Area:
- 9,965 km² (3848 mi² )
Katanga Province
Katanga is a southern province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Between 1971 and 1997, its official name was Shaba Province. Under the new constitution, the province is to be replaced by four smaller provinces by February 2009. Its regional...
Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo (French: Congo Belge, Dutch: Belgisch-Kongo (help·info)) was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between King Leopold II's formal relinquishment of personal control over the state to Belgium on...
Matadi
Matadi is the chief sea port of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the capital of the province Kongo Central. It has a population of 245,862 (2004). Matadi is situated on the left bank of the Congo River 148 km (92 miles) from the mouth and 8...
Bas-Congo
Bas-Congo (post-2006, Kongo Central) is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the only province with a coastline (Atlantic Ocean), and its regional capital is Matadi. The province borders Kinshasa to the north-east, and Bandundu...
Bandundu Province
Bandundu is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It borders Kinshasa and Bas-Congo to the west, Equateur to the north, and Kasai-Occidental to the east. The provincial capital is also called Bandundu (formerly Banningville).
In 1966,...
Équateur
Equateur is a former province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is in the north of the country, and bordered the Republic of the Congo to the west, the Central African Republic to the north, to the east the province of Orientale, and to the...
Kasai-Occidental
Kasai-Occidental (West Kasai) is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Its provincial capital is Kananga. It borders Bandundu to the west, Equateur to the north, Kasai-Oriental to the east, and Katanga to the south-east. To the south it...
Kasai-Oriental
Kasai-Oriental (East Kasai) is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Its provincial capital is Mbuji-Mayi. It borders Kasai-Occidental to the west, Equateur to the north-west, Orientale to the north-east, Maniema to the east, and Katanga...
Maniema
Maniema is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Its provincial capital is Kindu. It borders Kasai-Oriental to the west, Orientale to the north, Nord-Kivu and Sud-Kivu to the east, and Katanga to the south.
Maniema consists of the city of...
Nord-Kivu
Nord-Kivu (also North Kivu) is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Its provincial capital is Goma. It borders Ituri to the north-west, Maniema to the west, and Sud-Kivu to the south. To the east it borders Uganda and Rwanda.
Sud-Kivu
Sud-Kivu (Kivu-Sud, South Kivu) is a province of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Its provincial capital is Bukavu.
Célestin Cibalonza Byaterana has been Governor of the province and Léon Mumate Nyamatomwa vice-governor since 24 January...
Orientale, Congo
Orientale (also Oriental; formerly Haut-Zaïre, then Haut-Congo) is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It lies in the northeast of the country, and its provincial capital is Kisangani. It borders Equateur province to the west, Kasai...
Bukavu
Bukavu is a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), lying at the extreme south-eastern extent of Lake Kivu, west of Cyangugu in Rwanda, and separated from it by the outlet of the Ruzizi River. It is the capital of the Sud-Kivu...
Mount Nyiragongo
Mount Nyiragongo is a stratovolcano in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Great Rift Valley. It is located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 20 km north of the town of Goma and Lake Kivu and just west of the border with Rwanda....
Mount Nyamuragira
Mount Nyamuragira is an active volcano in the Virunga Mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated about 25 km north of Lake Kivu.
It has been described as Africa's most active volcano and has erupted over 30 times since 1880. As well...
Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi (formerly French: Élisabethville, or Dutch: Elisabethstad (help·info)) is the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), second only to the nation's capital Kinshasa, and the hub of the southeastern...
Area:
- 747 km² (288 mi² )
Banana
Banana is a small seaport in Kongo Central Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Atlantic coast. The port is situated in Banana Creek, an inlet about 1 km wide on the north bank of the Congo River's mouth, separated from the ocean...
Kisangani
Kisangani (formerly French: Stanleyville, or Dutch Stanleystad (help·info)) is a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. It is the provincial capital of Tshopo Province. Kisangani is located where the Lualaba River becomes...
Mount Stanley
Mount Stanley is a mountain located in the Ruwenzori Range. With an elevation of 5,109 m (16,763 ft), it is the highest mountain of both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, and the third highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro (5,895 m)...
Gbadolite
Gbadolite or Gbado-Lite (pronounced [ɡ͡badolite]) is the capital of the Nord-Ubangi Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of the Ubangi River at the border to the Central African Republic...
Area:
- 3,807.76 km² (1470.18 mi² )
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Virunga National Park
The Virunga National Park (formerly Albert National Park) lies from the Virunga Mountains, to the Rwenzori Mountains, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bordering Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and Rwenzori Mountains National Park in...
Kivu
Kivu was the name for a large "Region" in the Democratic Republic of Congo under the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko that bordered Lake Kivu. It included three "Sub-Regions" ("Sous-Regions" in French): Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu and Maniema, corresponding to the...
Goma
Goma is a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the northern shore of Lake Kivu, next to the Rwandan city of Gisenyi. The lake and the two cities are in the western branch of the Great Rift Valley, and Goma lies only 13 to 18 km ...
Area:
- 75.72 km² (29.24 mi² )
Kolwezi
Kolwezi is a city in Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Likasi. It is home to an airport and a railway to Lubumbashi. The population is approximately 418,000.
Kolwezi is an important mining centre for...
Mbuji-Mayi
Mbuji-Mayi (formerly Bakwanga) serves as the capital of Kasai-Oriental Province in the south-central Democratic Republic of Congo. The United Nations Mission World Urbanization Prospects places the population at 2.3 million (2007).
Mbuji-Mayi lies...
Ituri Province
Ituri is a province located in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Ituri Rainforest is in this area.
It is located northeast of the Ituri River and on the western side of Lake Albert. It has borders with the Uganda and Sudan. Its...
Boma
The port town of Boma in Kongo Central Province was the capital city of the Belgian Congo (the modern Democratic Republic of the Congo) from 1 May 1886 to 1926, when it was moved to Léopoldville (since renamed Kinshasa). It exports tropical timber,...
Kitona
Kitona is a town of about 4000 persons in the Kongo Central province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located to the southwest of the country along the Atlantic Ocean, about 190 miles southwest of the capital city of Kinshasa....
Bili Forest
The Bili Forest is located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa in the Bas-Uele Province. It lies between the Ubangui River to the north and the Uele River to the south, and is named after the small nearby town of Bili ...
Kananga
Kananga, formerly (and on some company names) known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital of Lulua Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has a population of 1,130,100 (2004).
The city lies near the Lulua River - a tributary of...
Area:
- 847 km² (327 mi² )
Vivi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Vivi is a town in the Kongo Central province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the Congo River, near the provincial capital of Matadi. In the 19th century, it served as the first capital of the Congo Free State from July,...
Kikwit
Kikwit is the largest city of Kwilu Province, lying on the Kwilu River in the southwestern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kikwit is also known in the region under the nickname "The Mother". The population is approximately 294,210 (2004)....
Butembo
Butembo is a city in North Kivu, in the north eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, lying west of the Virunga National Park. Until the Congo Civil War, it was an important commercial centre with a large market, a cathedral, a small hospital, and an...
Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Beni is a town in north eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, lying immediately west of the Virunga National Park and the Rwenzori Mountains, on the edge of the Ituri Forest. It is home to a market an airport and the Christian Bilingual University...
Zongo
Zongo is a city in Sud-Ubangi Province in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the south bank of the Ubangi River, across from Bangui in the Central African Republic. It is linked by ferry to Bangui but has declined in...
Mbanza-Ngungu
Mbanza-Ngungu, formerly known as Thysville or Thysstad, named after Albert Thys, is a city in Kongo Central Province in the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on a short branch off the Matadi-Kinshasa Railway. It has a...
Rutshuru
Rutshuru, sometimes called Rushuru, is a town in the North Kivu province of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and is headquarters of an administrative district, the Territoire de Rutshuru. The town lies in the western branch of the Great...
Mbandaka
Mbandaka, formerly known as Coquilhatville or Coquilhatstad (named after Camille-Aimé Coquilhat), is a city on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying near the confluence of the Congo and Ruki Rivers. The capital of the Equateur...
Area:
- 600 km² (232 mi² )
Muanda
Muanda or Moanda is a town lying on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the Democratic Republic of Congo at the mouth of the Congo River. It is situated in Kongo Central Province, and has a population of 50,000. The town has an airport, IATA Code FZAG (5°...
Ikela
Ikela is a market town in Tshuapa Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Tshuapa River east of Boende. Founded by Belgium in the early twentieth century as a trading post, it became an important local centre.
The town was largely...
Ilebo
Ilebo, formerly known as Port-Francqui, is a town in Kasai Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying at the highest navigable point of the Kasaï River. As such, it is an important transport hub for ferries to Kinshasa and trains to...
Kisantu
Kisantu, also known as Inkisi, is a town in the western Democratic Republic of Congo, lying south west of Kinshasa, on the Inkisi River. It is known for its large cathedral and for its botanical gardens, which include an arboretum of indigenous...
Bandundu
Bandundu, formerly known as Banningville or Banningstad, is a city in Mai-Ndombe Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located around 260 kilometres from Kinshasa. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 133,080.
Bunia
Bunia is a city in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and is the capital of Ituri Province (and formerly the headquarters of Ituri district of the former Orientale Province, pre-2006 constitution). As of 2009 it had an estimated population of...
Buta
Buta is a town in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Itimbiri River, and headquarters of the Bas-Uele Province to be inaugurated by 18 February 2009. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 50,130.
It is home to an airport...
Boende
Boende is a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Tshuapa River east of Mbandaka. It is the capital of Tshuapa Province. It is a river port with ferries sailing to Kinshasa via Mbandanka and is also home to an airport. As of 2009 it...
Bikoro
Bikoro is a market town in Équateur Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on Lake Tumba, south of Mbandaka.
Bumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bumba is a town and river port in Mongala Province, in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the River Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 107,626.
The 600 mm narrow-gauge railway from Bumba to Isiro as of...
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park is in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 50 km west of the town of Bukavu in the Kivu Region, near to the western side of Lake Kivu and the Rwandan border.
The park is one of the last refuges of the rare Eastern...
Area:
- 6,000 km² (2317 mi² )
Upemba National Park
Upemba National Park is a large park in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Located in a lush area dotted by lakes, including the eponymous Lake Upemba, and bordered by the Lualaba River, its 11,730 km² dominates the Kibara...
Area:
- 11,730 km² (4529 mi² )
Bolenge
Bolenge is a village located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located exactly where the geographic equator intersects the Congo River, formerly the Zaire River. Henry Morton Stanley reputedly stopped at Bolenge during his epic voyage...
Mwene-Ditu
Mwene-Ditu est l’une de grande ville de la République démocratique du Congo ayant une population de 539 431selon les recement de 31 Decembre 2006. Hommes : 128 583 Femmes : 131317 Garçons : 135544 Filles : 143 987 Siituée au sud du Kasaï-Oriental....
Uvira
Uvira is a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the province of Sud-Kivu, located at the north end of Lake Tanganyika. There is a lake port called Kalundu at the southern end of the town, which provides links by boat to Kalemie, Kigoma in...
Kalemie
Kalemie, formerly Albertville/Albertstad, is a town on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town is next to the exit of the Lukuga River flowing out from Lake Tanganyika to the Lualaba River.
The port at...
Likasi
Likasi, formerly known as Jadotville or Jadotstad, is a city in Haut-Katanga Province, in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Likasi has a population of around 367,000 (2005). During the 1990s the United Nations set up feeding...
Murara
Murara was a small, short-lived, volcano on the flank of Mount Nyamuragira, that began erupting on December 23, 1976. Eruptions from Murara reduced considerably after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo on January 10, 1977 and ended completely in April...
Kindu
Kindu is a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the capital of Maniema province. It has a population of about 200,000 and is situated on the Congo River at an altitude of about 500 metres, and is about 400 km west of Bukavu.
Kindu is linked by...
Tshikapa
Tshikapa is a city in Kasai Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located about 40 miles north of the Angolan border and 120 miles west of province capital Kananga at the confluence of the Tshikapa and Kasai rivers. According...
Garamba National Park
Garamba National Park, located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa, was established in 1938. One of Africa's oldest National parks, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. Garamba is (or at least was) the home to the...
Area:
- 4,920 km² (1900 mi² )
