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[70] [71] The GDP of the Republic of the Congo grew by 6% in 2014 and is expected to have grown by 7.5% in 2015. [72] [73] In 2018, the Republic of the Congo joined the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. [74] Congo–Ocean Railway was built by forced laborers during the 1930s. Some colonial architectural heritage is preserved.
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.
Republic of the Congo – also known as Congo-Brazzaville or the Congo, is a sovereign country located in Central Africa. [1] It is bordered by Gabon , Cameroon , the Central African Republic , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda , and the Gulf of Guinea .
Republic of the Congo (1963–1964), Democratic Republic of the Congo (1964–1966) Republic of the Congo (1960–1963) Congo Free State (1885–1908), Belgian Congo (1908–1960)
This is a list of articles holding galleries of maps of present-day countries and dependencies. The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries , the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies.
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.
The Caribbean Sea. Most of the Caribbean countries are islands in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest islands include Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Some of the smaller islands are referred to as a rock or reef. Islands are listed in alphabetical order by sovereign state.
In a general sense, the Caribbean can be taken to mean all the nations in and around the Caribbean Sea that lie within an area that stretches from The Bahamas in the north to Guyana in the south, and Suriname in the east to Belize in the west in a general sense. This is an expanse (mostly of ocean) which measures about 1,000 miles (1,600 ...