Congo - Republic
of the Congo
Congo - Democratic
Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Embassy
of The Republic of Congo in Washington, DC
4891
Colorado Avenue, NW,
Washington DC 20011
Diplomatic
Representation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
in the USA
1800
New Hampshire Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20009
Tel:
[1] (202) 234-7690, 7691
Fax: [1] (202) 237-0748
The
Republic of the Congo
(ROC), also known as Congo-Brazzaville (and locally
as "Braza"), is the smaller of the two countries and lies
to the west.
It was long
a French colony, most of the time called Middle Congo (or part of
an entity Middle Congo-Gabon), informally also known as French Congo,
and since 1886 part of French Equatorial Africa. On 3 January 1970
it became officially the People's Republic of Congo, since 15 March
1992 it was simply the Republic of the Congo. Between 1971 and 1997
(and also in some recent publications[1]) it was also simply referred
to as "Congo".
The area was
dominated by Congolese tribes throughout most of its history. It
was annexed as a colony of France in the 1880s as part of French
Equatorial Africa, and Brazzaville was the symbolic capital of Free
France during World War II.
The
country gained its independence from France in 1960 as the Congo
Republic. It has had decades of political struggle since, with fragile
elected governments often subject to military coups.
The
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), known as Zaïre
from 1971 to 1997, is sometimes also referred to as "DR Congo",
"RDC" or "Congo-Kinshasa". It is the larger
of the two countries and lies to the east. It was once the personal
property of King Leopold II of Belgium, when it was known as the
Congo Free State, and later a Belgian colony when it was renamed
the Belgian Congo. When DRC was called Zaïre, the other Congo was
known simply as "Congo".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo
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