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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.
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
The Democratic Republic of the Congo [b] (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the 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.
Map of DR Congo. This is a list of places, mostly cities and towns, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without regard to their official status.
Info This map is part of a series of location maps with unified standards: SVG as file format, standardised colours and name scheme. The boundaries on these maps always show the de facto situation and do not imply any endorsement or acceptance.
Congo Free State (1885–1908), Belgian Congo (1908–1960) I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
An enlargeable relief map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Pronunciation: / ˈ k ɒ ŋ ɡ oʊ / Common English country names: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Zaire; Official English country name: The Democratic Republic of the Congo; Adjectives: Congolese, Congo; Demonym(s): ISO country codes: CD, COD, 180
Deutsch: Location map of Democratic Republic of the Congo Equirectangular projection. Strechted by 100.0%. Geographic limits of the map: N: 6.0° N; S: -14.0° N; W: 11.0° E; E: 32.0° E; Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. A new map with the 26 provinces (since 2015) is available here.