The equator runs right through the Democratic Republic of Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa. The country used to be called Zaire. There is a tropical climate. It is hot and stuffy and it rains a lot. One third of the country lies above the equator. The dry season runs from December to February. The southern part has the dry period between April and September, when the sun mainly provides the northern hemisphere with heat. The north is generally drier than the south. It always rains around the equator. There are also tropical rainforests. Check a2zgov for Democratic Republic of the Congo government and politics.
Democratic Republic of Congo – languages Democratic Republic of Congo – Languages, Of the country’s over 200 African languages, most are Bantu languages, which belong to the Niger-Kordofan language set. The largest are lingala (about 2 million) in N and V down to Kinshasa, luba (about 8.7 million) in the southern regions of Kasai and […]
Subchapters: Basic data Public finances and the state budget Banking system Tax System Basic data Thanks to its huge reserves of mineral resources and favorable climatic conditions, Congo is one of the economies very rich in raw materials and primary resources. However, the economy was severely damaged in the past by long-term internal conflicts and […]
In pre-colonial times the south-western part of the country was under the influence of the Kingdom of Congo, while other state formations were organized by the Luba and Lunda populations; interested in E by the events of the region of the great lakes, in the NE the Democratic Republic of the Congo was instead touched, […]
Kinshasa or Kinchasa: It is the capital and the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it also constitutes the administrative, economic and cultural center of the country, it also has the administrative status of city and province, until 1966 it was known as Leopoldville and was It is located on the left bank of the Congo River in front of Brazzaville, […]
