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Congo (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 01 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -1.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 015 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 15.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Home to over 75 ethnic groups, mainly of Bantu origin; pre-colonial region mostly uninhabited; Loango and Teke kingdoms became powerful in the 17th century; area visited by Portuguese in the 15th century, though French were first Europeans to penetrate inland and colonize in the 19th century; official language is French, though African languages are also spoken. |
Names: |
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| Congo (Republic of) (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Congo (Republic of) (Danish)
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| Congo (Portuguese)
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| Congo (Romanian)
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| Congo (Spanish-P,U)
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| Congo (French-P,U)
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| Congo (Galician)
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| Congo (Italian)
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| Congo (Romansh)
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| Congo (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Congo (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| République du Congo (C,V,O,French,U,N)
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| Congo, République du (C,V,French,U,N)
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| Republic of the Congo (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Republic of the Congo (Pampanga)
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| Congo, Republic of the (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Kongo (C,O,Rundi)
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| Kongo (Somali)
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| Kongo (Maltese)
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| Kongo (Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Kongo (Bambara)
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| Kongo (Croatian)
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| Kongo (Bosnian)
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| Kongo (Latvian)
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| Kongo (Lingala)
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| Kongo (Finnish)
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| Kongo (Swedish)
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| Kongo (Polish)
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| Kongo (Slovak)
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| Kongo (Basque)
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| Kongo (Akan)
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| Kongo (Hausa)
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| Kongo (German,U,N)
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| Kongo (Albanian)
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| Kongo (Afrikaans)
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| Kongo (Faroese)
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| Kongo (Estonian)
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| Kongo (Turkish)
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| Kongo (Kikuyu)
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| Kongo (Shona)
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| Kongo (Swahili (generic))
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| Congo Republic (C,O,English,U,N)
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| República del Congo (C,O,Spanish,U)
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| República del Congo (Catalan)
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| Конго (C,V,Bulgarian)
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| Конго (Russian-P,U)
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| Конго (Ukrainian)
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| Республика Конго (C,V,Russian,U)
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| 刚果 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| 刚果共和国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| ا ىًوهغو (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً ا ىًوهغو (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| COG (C,O,ISO3L)
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| CG (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO178 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| CF (C,O,FIPS)
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| Congolese (C,O,English,U,A)
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| An Congó (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Brazzavillen Kongo (C,U,Finnish)
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| Concu (C,U,Sicilian)
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| Công-gô (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Công-gô (Congo) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Cộng hoà Congo (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Còngo (C,U,Piemontese)
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| Congo-Brazzaville (C,U,English)
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| Congo-Brazzaville (Danish)
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| Congo-Brazzaville (Dutch)
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| Congo-Brazzaville (French)
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| Congo (Brazzaville) (C,U,English)
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| Còngo - Brazzaville (C,U,Occitan)
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| Congo - Brazzaville (C,U,Catalan)
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| Congo [República] (C,U,Spanish)
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| Congo [Republiek] (C,U,Dutch)
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| e-Congo [Republic] (C,U,Zulu)
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| Jamhuri ya Kongo (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| Khongo (C,U,North Ndebele)
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| Kongas (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Kongö (C,U,Sangho)
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| Kongó (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Kôngô (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Kongoän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Kongo Brazavila (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Kongo-Brazzaville (C,U,Latvian)
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| Kongo-Brazzaville (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Kongo-Brazzaville (Swedish)
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| Kongo-Brazzaville (Estonian)
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| Kongo-Brazzaville (Greenlandic)
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| Kongo-Brazzaville (Norwegian)
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| Kongo-Brazzaville (Northern Sami)
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| Kongo - Brazzaville (C,U,Turkish)
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| Kongo Cumhuriyeti (C,U,Turkish)
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| Kongói Köztársaság (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Kongoko Errepublika (C,U,Basque)
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| Kongó [Köztársaság] (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Kongolo (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Kongon tasavalta (C,U,Finnish)
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| Kongo repɔblik nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Kongo [Republik] (C,U,Breton)
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| Kongo - Republik (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Kongo [Republika] (C,U,Slovene)
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| Kongo [Republika] (Czech)
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| Kongo (Republik Kongo) (C,U,German)
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| Kongo Respublika (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Kongo Vabariik (C,U,Estonian)
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| Kongu (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Konngo (C,U,Fulah)
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| Konqo - Brazavil (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Lipapilika Kongo (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Orílẹ́ède Kóngò (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Repoblek Kongo (C,U,Cornish)
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| Repubblica del Congo (C,U,Italian)
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| Repubilika ya Kongo (C,U,Kongo (Congo))
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| Republica Congo (C,U,Romanian)
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| Republica de Còngo (C,U,Occitan)
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| Republica del Congo (C,U,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Republica del Congò (C,U,Occitan)
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| Republica d'o Congo (C,U,Aragonese)
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| Rèpublica du Congô (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Republiek van die Kongo (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Republika e Kongos (C,U,Albanian)
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| Republika Konga (C,U,Polish)
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| Republika Kongo (C,U,Croatian)
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| Republika Kongo (Bosnian)
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| Republika Kongo (Slovene)
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| Republika Kongo (Czech)
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| Republika ng Congo (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Republik Congo (C,U,Nauruan)
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| Republik Congo (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Republiken Kongo (C,U,Swedish)
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| Republiki ya Kɔ́ngɔ (C,U,Lingala)
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| Republikken Congo (C,U,Danish)
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| Republikken Kongo (C,U,Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Republikken Kongo (Norwegian)
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| Republik Kongo (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Republik Kongo (German)
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| Republik Kongo (Low German)
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| Republiko Kongo (C,U,Ido)
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| République Populaire du Congo (C,U)
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| Respublica Congensis (C,U,Latin)
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| Vestur-Kongó (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Y Congo [Gweriniaeth] (C,U,Welsh)
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| ኮንጎ ሪፑብሊክ (C,U,Amharic)
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| 콩고 (C,U,Korean)
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| コンゴ共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| ኮንጐ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ኮንጐ (Amharic)
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| جمهوری کنگو (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| كونگو (C,U,Uyghur)
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| ཀོང་ཀོ (C,U,Tibetan)
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| Република Конго (C,U,Serbian)
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| Република Конго (Bulgarian)
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| Կոնգո (C,U,Armenian)
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| الكونغو (C,U,Arabic)
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| جمهورية الكونغو (C,U,Arabic)
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| ຄອງໂກ (C,U,Lao)
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| د کانګو جمهوريت (C,U,Pashto)
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| კონგო (C,U,Georgian)
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| कांगो (C,U,Hindi)
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| កុងហ្គោ (C,U,Khmer)
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| 콩고 공화국 (C,U,Korean)
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| Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό (C,U,Greek)
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| コンゴ (C,U,Japanese)
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| สาธารณรัฐคองโก (C,U,Thai)
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| הרפובליקה של קונגו (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Конґо (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| কঙ্গো (C,U,Bengali)
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| Конго - Бразавил (C,U,Serbian)
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| Конго - Бразавил (Macedonian)
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| คองโก-บราซซาวิล (C,U,Thai)
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| காங்கோ [குடியரசு] (C,U,Tamil)
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| कोङ्गो - ब्राज्जाभिल्ले (C,U,Nepali)
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| କଙ୍ଗୋ-ବ୍ରାଜିଭିଲ୍ଲେ (C,U,Odia)
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| කොංගෝව (C,U,Sinhala)
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| కాంగో[గణరాజ్యం] (C,U,Telugu)
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| الكونغو - برازافيل (C,U,Arabic)
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| ಕಾಂಗೋ [ರಿಪಬ್ಲಿಕ್] (C,U,Kannada)
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| Κονγκό - Μπραζαβίλ (C,U,Greek)
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| کنگو [جمهوری] (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| કોંગો - બ્રાઝાવિલે (C,U,Gujarati)
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| कोंगो (C,U,Hindi)
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| קונגו - ברזאויל (C,U,Hebrew )
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| کانگو [جمہوریہ] (C,U,Urdu)
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| Конґо - Браззавіль (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Конга (C,U,Belarusian)
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| കോംഗോ - ബ്രാസാവില് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| کۆماری کۆنگۆ (C,U,Kurdish)
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| काँगो - ब्राजाविले (C,U,Marathi)
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| Congo Brazzaville (H,V)
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| Congo, République Populaire du (H,V)
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| French Congo (H,O)
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............ | 1910-1959 |
| Middle Congo (H,O)
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| Moyen-Congo (H,O)
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| People's Republic of the Congo (H,O)
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| République populaire du Congo (H,V)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Additional Parents: |
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Congo (nation) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence in 1960 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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first, in French Community in 1958 |
| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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| territory (H) |
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French Equatorial Africa, 1910-1946; of France, 1946-1958 |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Brazzaville .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Congo, Brazzaville) [7000394] |
| historical connection .... |
Kongo Kingdom .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa) [8711680] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1960 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| République populaire du Congo.......... |
[BHA, VP] |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 777 |
| République Populaire du Congo.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2260494 |
| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 578 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 578 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 588 |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988) |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 147-148 |
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CIA, World Fact Book (2006-) accessed 17 January 2007 |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 533-534 |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2260494 |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 13 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 765; 777 |
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ISO Newsletter (1992) 1992-04-06, III-21 |
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Myers, U.S. Accepts Kabila, New York Times (1997) |
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 17 January 2007 |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000) accessed 03/17/99 |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-2004) accessed 3 February 2004 |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99 |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 319 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 91 |
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Times Atlas of World History (1993) 341 |
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Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-22 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 46 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 11 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 285 |
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Wikipedia (2000-) https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE |
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