Congo

Africa

Did you know?

•Brazzaville and Kinshasa face each other across the Congo River, making them the closest pair of national capitals in the world.
•Much of the Republic of the Congo lies inside the Congo Basin, one of the largest tropical rainforest regions on Earth.
•Brazzaville was once the capital of French Equatorial Africa, giving this relatively small country an outsized colonial-era role.

Key Information

Capital

Brazzaville

Population

6,1 million

Area

342,000 km²

GDP

17,0 billion $

Currency

XAF

Difficulty on MapGuesser

Easy

Subregion

Middle Africa

Calling code

+242

MapGuesser Tip

Congo is the west-side country on the Atlantic, just to the left of the much larger Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Official Languages

French

Flag Colors

vertjaunerouge

Flag History

The national flag of the Republic of the Congo consists of a yellow diagonal band divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner, with a green upper triangle and red lower triangle. Adopted in 1959 to replace the French Tricolour, it was the flag of the Republic of the Congo until 1970, when the People's Republic of the Congo was established. The new regime changed the flag to a red field with the coat of arms of the People's Republic in the canton. This version was utilized until the regim...

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