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The DRC is widely considered one of the world's richest countries in natural resources; its untapped deposits of raw minerals are estimated to be worth in excess of US$24 trillion. [ 202 ] [ 203 ] [ 204 ] The DRC has 70% of the world's coltan , a third of its cobalt, more than 30% of its diamond reserves, and a tenth of its copper.
When Belgium annexed the Belgian Congo as a colony in November 1908, it was initially organised into 22 districts. Ten western districts were administered directly by the main colonial government, while the eastern part of the colony was administered under two vice-governments: eight northeastern districts formed Orientale Province, and four southeastern districts formed Katanga.
Zaire, [c] officially the Republic of Zaire, [d] was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Located in Central Africa, it was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-largest country in the world from 1965 to 1997.
Union was founded in 1826 and designated as the county seat in 1827. [9] The city is named for the ideal of political unity. [10] [11] A post office called Union has been in operation since 1827. [12] Early German settlers established themselves in and around Franklin County, including what would later be known as Union.
In 1990, there were only 30 landlocked countries in the world. However, the dissolutions of the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia; the breakup of Yugoslavia; the independence referendums of South Ossetia (de facto state), Eritrea, Montenegro, South Sudan, and the Luhansk People's Republic (de facto state); and the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo (de facto state) created 15 new ...
The initiative passed the state with 71 percent of support from voters as Missouri became the first state to ban same-sex marriage. [24] In 2006, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the state; it failed in Franklin County with 56.13 percent voting against the measure.
The country's core region is the central Congo Basin. [1] Having an average elevation of about 44 metres (144 ft), it measures roughly 800,000 square kilometres (310,000 sq mi), constituting about a third of the DRC's territory. [1] Much of the forest within the basin is swamp, and still more of it consists of a mixture of marshes and firm land ...
Landlocked countries experience economic growth 6% less than non-landlocked countries, holding other variables constant. [6] 32 out of the world's 44 landlocked countries, including all the landlocked countries in Africa, Asia, and South America, have been classified as the Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) by the United Nations. As of ...