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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Capital
Kinshasa

Area
2,267,050 sq km (1 km = 0.62 miles), making it the third largest African country. Borders Central African Republic in the north, Sudan in the northeast, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Lake Tanganyika in the east. It has a short Atlantic coastline between Angola and the Angolan enclave of Cabinda. It also borders Congo in the northwest and Zambia in the southeast.

Language
The official language is French and the main local languages are Lingala, Swahili, Kingawa, Kikongo and Tshiluba.

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Background

	CRISIS PROFILE-What's going on in Congo?
	CRISIS PROFILE-Why Burundi massacre is fanning fears of regional war
	FACTBOX-NGOs respond to crisis in eastern Congo
	MAP-Congolese town of Bukavu

Last updated:Mon Nov 23 22:36:07 2009