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DR Congo
Location marker · geographic overview
0° N / 25° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Kinshasa
- Population
- 109,276,265 2024
- Area
- 2,344,858 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- French, Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba, Swahili
- Currency
- Congolese franc (CDF)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: République Démocratique du Congo (or RDC); often shortened to DRC or D.R. Congo) is the largest and most populous country in Central Africa, as well as the world's largest Francophone country.
Landscape & landmarks
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, often called the "Heart of Africa" in terms of vastness, is the largest nation in sub-Saharan Africa and one of the most enigmatic countries on the continent. Much of the DRC is wild, but its attractions include a multitude of varied cultures and a beauty of tropical landscapes, which include rainforests scattered with waterways and captivating wildlife.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
Congo has one national dish: moambe. It's made of eight ingredients (moambe is the Lingala word for eight): palm nuts, chicken, fish, peanuts, rice, cassave leaves, bananas and hot pepper sauce.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-24. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Middle Africa
- Calling code
- +243
- Internet domain
- .cd
- Land border codes
- AGO, BDI, CAF, COG, RWA, SSD, TZA, UGA, ZMB
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .cd. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.