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Congo is a name shared by two neighbouring countries in
Central Africa, largely drained by the Congo River, and usually
distinguished by their full official names and occasionally by adding
their capital cities. The name was also used in prior political
entities. It also refers to the African subregion drained by the Congo
River, located between the Gulf of Guinea and the African Great Lakes.
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"The Congos" may
be used to refer to both countries. The adjective "Congolese"
(as in "Congolese music" or "Congolese culture")
can refer to either or both countries.
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* The Republic of the Congo
(ROC), also known as Congo-Brazzaville (and locally as
"Braza"), is the smaller of the two countries and lies to the
west. It was long a French colony, most of the time called Middle Congo
(or part of an entity Middle Congo-Gabon), informally also known as
French Congo, and since 1886 part of French Equatorial Africa. On 3 January
1970 it became officially the Democratic Republic of Congo, since 15
March 1992 it was simply the Republic of the Congo.
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* The Democratic Republic of
the Congo (DRC, sometimes also referred to as DR Congo or in French
RDC), or Congo-Kinshasa, is the larger of the two countries and lies to
the east. It was once the personal property of King Leopold II of
Belgium, when it was known as the Congo Free State, and later a Belgian
colony when it was renamed the Belgian Congo. It was known as Zaire
from 1971 to 1997; during this time the other Congo came to be known simply
as "Congo".
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