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  2. Culture of the Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia

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    The culture of the Republic of the Congo is rich, diverse and made up of a mix of about 4.5 million people in 2015 and many languages and customs. Half of Congolese people follow traditional beliefs, and there are 15 principle Bantu groups and more than 70 subgroups. The other half are 35% Roman Catholic, 15% other Christian and 2% Muslim. The ...

  3. Culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia

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    The culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is extremely varied, reflecting the great diversity and different customs which exist in the country. Congolese culture combines the influence of tradition to the region, but also combines influences from abroad which arrived during the era of colonization and continue to have a strong influence, without destroying the individuality of many ...

  4. Pre-colonial history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    The Rainbow and the Kings: A History of the Luba Empire to 1891. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-04140-0. Balandier, Georges (1968). Daily Life in the Kingdom of the Kongo: From the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century. London: Allen & Unwin. OCLC 825737475. Thornton, John K. (2020). A History of West Central Africa to 1850 ...

  5. History of the Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia

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    The earliest inhabitants of the region comprising present-day Congo were the Forest peoples whose Stone Age culture was slowly replaced by Bantu tribes. The main Bantu tribe living in the region were the Kongo, also known as Bakongo, who established mostly unstable kingdoms along the mouth, north and south, of the Congo River.

  6. Geography of the Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of the Congo covers an area of 342,000 km², of which 341,500 km² is land while 500 km² is water. Congo claims 200 nautical miles (370 km) of territorial sea. The capital of the Republic of the Congo is Brazzaville, located on the Congo River immediately across from Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  7. Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia

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    In 1964, Congo sent an official team with a single athlete at the Olympic Games for the first time in its history. In 1965, Congo established relations with the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, North Korea, and North Vietnam. [31] Under his presidency, the Congo began to industrialize.

  8. Category : Culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    Works about the Democratic Republic of the Congo (4 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.

  9. List of World Heritage Sites in Congo - Wikipedia

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    Situated in the north-western Congo Basin, where Cameroon, Central African Republic and Congo meet, the site encompasses three contiguous national parks totalling around 750,000 ha. Much of the site is unaffected by human activity and features a wide range of humid tropical forest ecosystems with rich flora and fauna, including Nile crocodiles ...