History UsefulNotes / RepublicOfTheCongo

The '''Republic of the Congo''' (French: ''République du Congo'') is a country in Central UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}, bordered by UsefulNotes/{{Gabon}}, UsefulNotes/{{Cameroon}}, the UsefulNotes/CentralAfricanRepublic, the UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo, the [[UsefulNotes/{{Angola}} Angolan]] exclave of Cabinda, and the [[UsefulNotes/TheSevenSeas Atlantic Ocean]], in clockwise order. Despite having a nigh-identical name to its eastern neighbor the DR Congo, most people wouldn't have a problem differentiating them, simply because not many know that it actually ''exists''. Take it as the LesserStar of the two Congos. In seriousness, the country has a (relatively) simpler history than the infamously chaotic DR Congo, although its problems should not be glossed over, either. In journalistic, the country is often referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville" (after the capital), contrasting it with the DR Congo's "Congo-Kinshasa".

Formerly inhabited by the pygmies, then the Bantus before the Europeans moved in as an OutsideContextProblem to both of them. The prominent Bantu group who live in the country is (you guessed it) the Kongos, complemented by the Sanghas and the Tekes. The French began to expand their colony into the interior in the 19th century, eventually subsuming the Bantu kingdoms under their rule. The region was made the colony of French Congo, and, together with French Gabon, French Chad, and French Oubangui-Chari (the present-day CAR), made the French Equatorial Africa, with Brazzaville as its capital.

During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Congo took a spotlight when the [[LaResistance Free French]] government made Brazzaville the symbolic capital of the French Colonial Empire after the fall of Paris, although London was ''de jure'' the capital-in-exile. The capital was eventually moved to Algiers, but Brazzaville remained important as the site of the Brazzaville Declaration, which made significant reforms to the administration of the French colonies to be implemented after the war (especially after France's notorious implementation of hard labor on the Congolese people in the followup to UsefulNotes/WorldWarI).

The '''Republic of the Congo''' (French: ''République du Congo'') is a country in Central Africa, bordered by UsefulNotes/{{Gabon}}, UsefulNotes/{{Cameroon}}, the UsefulNotes/CentralAfricanRepublic, the UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo, the [[UsefulNotes/{{Angola}} Angolan]] exclave of Cabinda, and the [[UsefulNotes/TheSevenSeas Atlantic Ocean]], in clockwise order. Despite having a nigh-identical name to its eastern neighbor the DR Congo, most people wouldn't have a problem differentiating them, simply because not many know that it actually ''exists''. Take it as the LesserStar of the two Congos. In seriousness, the country has a (relatively) simpler history than the infamously chaotic DR Congo, although its problems should not be glossed over, either. In journalistic, the country is often referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville" (after the capital), contrasting it with the DR Congo's "Congo-Kinshasa".

The Republic of the Congo ('''French:''' ''République du Congo'') is a country in Central Africa, bordered by UsefulNotes/{{Gabon}}, UsefulNotes/{{Cameroon}}, the UsefulNotes/CentralAfricanRepublic, the UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo, the [[UsefulNotes/{{Angola}} Angolan]] exclave of Cabinda, and the [[UsefulNotes/TheSevenSeas Atlantic Ocean]], in clockwise order. Despite having a nigh-identical name to its eastern neighbor the DR Congo, most people wouldn't have a problem differentiating them, simply because not many know that it actually ''exists''. Take it as the LesserStar of the two Congos. In seriousness, the country has a (relatively) simpler history than the infamously chaotic DR Congo, although its problems should not be glossed over, either. In journalistic, the country is often referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville" (after the capital), contrasting it with the DR Congo's "Congo-Kinshasa".

After TheGreatPoliticsMessUp, Nguesso had to allow opposition to finally stand in party elections. Pascal Lissouba became the first democratically-elected president in the 1992 general election, but Nguesso continued a rivalry with him until it degenerated into a civil war in 1997 that claimed thousands of deaths. The war only ended when [[HijackedByGanon Nguesso took the helm again...to the present day]].

* '''Highest point:''' Mont Nabemba (1020 m/3,346 ft) (169th)

* '''Highest point:''' Mont Nabemba (1020 m/3,346 ft) (154th)

* '''Highest point:''' Mont Nabemba (1020 m/3,346 ft) (173rd)

* '''Highest point:''' Mont Nabemba (1020 m/3,346 ft) (173th)

* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' CG

* '''Area:''' 342,000 sq km (132,000 sq mi) (64th)

* '''Currency''': Central African CFA franc (CFA) (XAF)

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The Republic of the Congo ('''French:''' ''République du Congo'') is a country in Central Africa, bordered by UsefulNotes/{{Gabon}}, UsefulNotes/{{Cameroon}}, the UsefulNotes/CentralAfricanRepublic, the UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo, the [[UsefulNotes/{{Angola}} Angolan]] exclave of Cabinda, and the [[UsefulNotes/TheSevenSeas Atlantic Ocean]], in clockwise order. Despite having a nigh-identical name to its eastern neighbor the DR Congo, most people wouldn't have a problem differentiating them, simply because not many know that it actually ''exists''. Take it as the LesserStar of the two Congos. In seriousness, the country has a (relatively) simpler history than the famously chaotic CrapsackWorld that is DR Congo, although its problems should not be glossed over, either. In journalistic, the country is often referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville" (after the capital), contrasting it with the DR Congo's "Congo-Kinshasa".

The Republic of the Congo ('''French:''' ''République du Congo'') is a country in Central Africa, bordered by UsefulNotes/{{Gabon}}, UsefulNotes/{{Cameroon}}, the UsefulNotes/CentralAfricanRepublic, the UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo, the [[UsefulNotes/{{Angola}} Angolan]] exclave of Cabinda, and the [[UsefulNotes/TheSevenSeas Atlantic Ocean]], in clockwise order. Despite having a nigh-identical name to its eastern neighbor the DR Congo, most people wouldn't have problem differentiating them, simply because not many know that it actually ''exists''. Take it as the LesserStar of the two Congos. In seriousness, the country has a (relatively) simpler history than the famously chaotic CrapsackWorld that is DR Congo, although its problems should not be glossed over, either. In journalistic, the country is often referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville" (after the capital), contrasting it with the DR Congo's "Congo-Kinshasa".

The Republic of the Congo ('''French:''' ''République du Congo'') is a country in Central Africa, bordered by UsefulNotes/{{Gabon}}, UsefulNotes/{{Cameroon}}, the UsefulNotes/CentralAfricanRepublic, the UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo, the [[UsefulNotes/{{Angola}} Angolan]] exclave of Cabinda, and the Atlantic Ocean, in clockwise order. Despite having a nigh-identical name to its eastern neighbor the DR Congo, most people wouldn't have problem differentiating them, simply because not many know that it actually ''exists''. Take it as the LesserStar of the two Congos. In seriousness, the country has a (relatively) simpler history than the famously chaotic CrapsackWorld that is DR Congo, although its problems should not be glossed over, either. In journalistic, the country is often referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville" (after the capital), contrasting it with the DR Congo's "Congo-Kinshasa".

The Republic of the Congo ('''French:''' ''République du Congo'') is a country in Central Africa, bordered by UsefulNotes/{{Gabon}}, UsefulNotes/{{Cameroon}}, the UsefulNotes/CentralAfricanRepublic, the UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo, the [[UsefulNotes/Angola Angolan]] exclave of Cabinda, and the Atlantic Ocean, in clockwise order. Despite having a nigh-identical name to its eastern neighbor the DR Congo, most people wouldn't have problem differentiating them, simply because not many know that it actually ''exists''. Take it as the LesserStar of the two Congos. In seriousness, the country has a (relatively) simpler history than the famously chaotic CrapsackWorld that is DR Congo, although its problems should not be glossed over, either. In journalistic, the country is often referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville" (after the capital), contrasting it with the DR Congo's "Congo-Kinshasa".

The Republic of the Congo ('''French:''' ''République du Congo'') is a country in Central Africa, bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Angolan exclave of Cabinda, and the Atlantic Ocean, in clockwise order. Despite having a nigh-identical name to its eastern neighbor the DR Congo, most people wouldn't have problem differentiating them, simply because not many know that it actually ''exists''. Take it as the LesserStar of the two Congos. In seriousness, the country has a (relatively) simpler history than the famously chaotic CrapsackWorld that is DR Congo, although its problems should not be glossed over, either. In journalistic, the country is often referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville" (after the capital), contrasting it with the DR Congo's "Congo-Kinshasa".

Formerly inhabited by the pygmies, then the Bantus before the Europeans moved in as an OutsideContextVillain to both of them. The prominent Bantu group who live in the country is (you guessed it) the Kongos, complemented by the Sanghas and the Tekes. The French began to expand their colony into the interior in the 19th century, eventually subsuming the Bantu kingdoms under their rule. The region was made the colony of French Congo, and, together with French Gabon, French Chad, and French Oubangui-Chari (the present-day CAR), made the French Equatorial Africa, with Brazzaville as its capital.

The Republic of the Congo ('''French:''' ''République du Congo'') is a country in Central Africa, bordered by Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Angolan exclave of Cabinda, and the Atlantic Ocean, in clockwise order. Despite having a nigh-identical name to its eastern neighbor the DR Congo, most people wouldn't have problem differentiating them, simply because not many know that it actually ''exists''. Take it as the LesserStar of the two Congos. In seriousness, the country has a (relatively) simpler history than the famously chaotic CrapsackWorld that is DR Congo, although its problems should not be glossed over, either. In journalistic, the country is often referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville" (after the capital), contrasting it with the DR Congo's "Congo-Kinshasa".

Formerly inhabited by the pygmies, then the Bantus before the Europeans moved in as an OutsideContextVillain to both of them. The prominent Bantu groups who live in the country is (you guessed it) the Kongos, complemented by the Sanghas and the Tekes. The French began to expand their colony into the interior in the 19th century, eventually subsuming the Bantu kingdoms under their rule. The region was made the colony of French Congo, and, together with French Gabon, French Chad, and French Oubangui-Chari (the present-day CAR), made the French Equatorial Africa, with Brazzaville as its capital.