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The DRC is the second-largest diamond-producing nation in the world, [c] and artisanal and small-scale miners account for most of its production. At independence in 1960, DRC was the second-most-industrialized country in Africa after South Africa; it boasted a thriving mining sector and a relatively productive agriculture sector. [210]
Location of the DRC on a world map. Area: total: 2,344,858 km 2 land: 2,267,048 km 2 water: 77,810 km 2. Idjwi in South Kivu. Area - comparative: 11th-largest country in the world (and 2nd in Africa) smaller than Algeria but larger than Greenland and Saudi Arabia; about 1 / 4 the size of the United States as a whole
A landlocked country is a country that does not have any territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie solely on endorheic basins.Currently, there are 44 landlocked countries, two of them doubly landlocked (Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan), and three landlocked de facto states in the world.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply Congo, is a country in Central Africa. By land area the country is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world .
The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well-defined length. Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal, being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken). The smaller the scale interval (meaning the more detailed the measurement ...
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.
The landlocked developing countries (LLDC) are developing countries that are landlocked. [1] Due to the economic and other disadvantages suffered by such countries, the majority of landlocked countries are least developed countries (LDCs), with inhabitants of these countries occupying the bottom billion tier of the world's population in terms of poverty. [2]
Journalism is strictly controlled, with DRC scoring only 48.55% on the Press Freedom Index, in 2023. [108] Nevertheless, Kinshasa is home to several media outlets, including radio and television stations, including state-run Radio-Télévision nationale congolaise (RTNC) and privately run Digital Congo and Raga TV.