DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF CONGO
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PO
INT
PR
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EN
TATIO
N
DORA WANG
RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO
KINSHASA
ZONGO
BONDO
LISALA
ILEBO
TSHIKAPA
DJOLU
BUKAMA
KALEMIE
GARAMBA NATIONAL PARKLARGEST AND
CAPITAL CITY
The largest city is also the capital of Congo- Kinshasa
It is located on the Congo River
Kinsha
sa The
Capital
ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE
BELGIAN CONGOPhoto Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/78681470@N00/7020074607/">hicham daoudi</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/help/general/#147">cc</a>
Gained INDEPENDENCE
It was renamed the Democratic Republic of Congo
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on June 30, 1960.
INDEPENDENT country was
not free of REBELS and
The newly
UNREST
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The star symbolized a “light in the dark continent”. Later it was redesigned to
this current flag: A star with a red diagonal line. FL
AG
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An AGREEMENT was finally made on December 17, 2002, between the government and rebel groups
STA
TIS
TIC
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67.51 millionPOPULATION
AR
EA
905,600sq miles
http://ariadrc.blogspot.com/2013/04/physical-features.html
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
FRENCHhttp://congoopenheart.org/photos/
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Baby
Hippo
ORIGINALLY
IT WAS CALLED CONGO
AFTER INDEPENDENCE, RENAMED REPUBLIC OF CONGO
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NEW ZAIRE
EXCHANGE RATE:0.0011 US DOLLAR
ONE OF THE MAIN EXPORTS IS COFFEE
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A BIGGER EXPORT IS RAW COPPER
Mount
Nyiragongo
http://turcanin.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/dr-congo-mount-nyiragongo-journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth/
Second of them
Congo River, second longest river in the world.
Congo
River
Than
ks for watching!
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http://www.infoplease.com/country/democratic-republic-of-congo.html
http://www.atlapedia.com/online/countries/DemRepCongo.htm
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad34
http://atlas.media.mit.edu/profile/country/cod/
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/nyiragongo.html
R EFERENCE SLIDE
http://conflictmineral.wordpress.com/a-brief-history-of-drc/
R EFERENCE SLIDE
http://interesting-africa-facts.com/Africa-Landforms/Congo-River-Facts.html