Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Democratic Republic Of The Congo Political Geography

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Congo, Democratic Republic of the, formerly ZaIre[zI´Er, zAEr´] Pronunciation Key, republic (1995 est. pop. 44,061,000), c.905,000 sq mi (2,344,000 sq km), central Africa. It borders on Angola in the southwest and west, on Cabinda and the Republic of the Congo in the west, on the Central African Republic and Sudan in the north, on Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania in the east, and on Zambia in the southeast. Kinshasa is its capital and largest city.