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Kongo Central (province) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 05 30 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -5.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Formerly united with Bandundu as Kinshasa province; produces timber, cement, petroleum, palm products, sugarcane and cattle; province received a large number of immigrants from Angola in the 1960s; road system joins main towns. |
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| Kongo Central (preferred,C,V)
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| Kongo Central, Province du (C,V)
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| Province du Kongo Central (C,V,O)
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| CG08 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Kongo Centrale (C,U)
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| Lower Congo (C,U)
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| Province du Bas-Congo (C,U)
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| Région du Bas-Zaïre (C,U)
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| Bas-Congo Province (C,U,English)
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| Congo Centrale (C,U)
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| Bas-Congo (H,V,English)
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............ | 1998-2015 |
| Bas-Congo, Province du (H,V)
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............ | 1998-2015 |
| Bas-Zaïre (H,V)
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| Kongo-Central (H,O,English)
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| Lower Zaire (H,O)
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| province (preferred, C) |
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since 1962 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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