congo

     

Congo, Kongo, or Kongō may refer to:

Trivia about congo

  • The course of this river that's almost 3,000 miles long is an immense counter-clockwise semi-circle
  • Mobutu got the boot, & so did the name Zaire; the country's now called The Democratic Republic Of this
  • Africa's second-longest river, it's sometimes referred to as the Zaire
  • Africa's second-longest river, it shares its name with a country formerly called Zaire
  • We hope you don't contract a virus on your scenic boating holiday in this country's Ebola River region
  • A diamond hunt turns deadly when the expedition meets killer gorillas in this Michael Crichton novel
  • From 1971 to 1997 the Democratic Republic of this was called Zaire
  • The chief northern tributary of this river is the Ubangi
  • In 32 years of one-man rule, President Mobutu looted Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of this
  • There used to be 2 countries with this name; now there's only 1 & its capital is Brazzaville
  • Brazzaville & Kinshasa
  • Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" was inspired by his voyage up this African river
  • For more than 50 years in the 20th century, it was a colony of Belgium
  • In 1997 Zaire was renamed the Democratic Republic of this
  • AKA the pygmy chimpanzee, the bonobo is found only in the rain forests along this 2nd-longest African river
  • Large tropical rain forest regions include the Amazon & one centered on this 2,900-mile-long African river
  • In 1964 Moise Tshombe, who led the Katanga secession, became premier of this country, now Zaire
  • It's formed by the junction of the Luvua & Lualaba in the country named for it
  • An Ebola outbreak in the Western Kasai Province & rising crime in Kinshasa: don't go to this country
  • Both countries in Africa with this river in their names are on the equator
  • This river in west central Africa is also called the Zaire River
  • The largest country in area that ends in "O", it has a population of about 66 million
  • This river carries more water than any other except the Amazon
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.) This diorama at the American Museum of Natural History depicts Virunga National Park in this African Democratic Republic
  • 2 central African countries share this name; one is "The Republic of" it & the other "The Democratic Republic of" it
  • In 1884 14 nations (none of them African) met in Berlin to decide the status of this second-longest African river
  • Second-longest on the continent, it's the only African river that carries more water than the Nile
  • The only major river that flows both north & south across the equator is this second-longest river in Africa
  • Africa's closest national capitals are Brazzaville & Kinshasa, separated by this river

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