Congo

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	COUNTRY FACTS: CONGO
Name(official):	Republic of the Congo
Name(short):	Congo(Brazzaville)
Capital City:	Brazzaville
Location:	West Central Africa, bordering the south atlantic between Angola and Gabon.
Coordinate:	1 00 S, 15 00E
Independence:	(From France) August 15th; 1960.
President:	Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO
Type of Government:	Republic
Total Area:	342 00sq.km.
Population:	3 702 314
People:	Kongo 48%, Sangha 20%, Teke 17%, M'Bochi 12%, Europeans and others 3%.
Religion:	Christians 59%, animist 48%, muslims 2%.
Languages:	French(official), Lingala and Monokutuba(lingua franca trade language), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most wide spread).
Literacy:	83.8%total, 86.6%male, 78.4%female (2003 est.)
Currency:	Communaute Financiere Africaine Franc (1CFAF =100centimes)
GDP(per capita):	$1 300 (2005 est.)
Arable Land:	1.45% (2005 est.)
Agriculture:	cassava(tapioca), sugarcane, rice, corn, vegetable, peanuts, coffee, cocoa, forest products.
Natural resources:	Petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphate, gold, magnesium, natural gas, hydropower.
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General Info:
International Phone Code:	+242

ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

Tourism:

MAJOR CITIES

Brazzaville, Ponte-Noire, Loubomo, Nkayi

NEWS

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GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

10 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1 commune*; Bouenza, Brazzaville*, Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pool, Sangha.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

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