the democratic republic of congo

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

OF CONGO

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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

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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!

http://images3.alphacoders.com/225/225187.jpg

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