Geography of Congo-Brazzaville
Congo (Brazzaville), a country on the west coast of Africa. Prior to independence in 1960, it was part of French Equatorial Africa and was known as Middle Congo.
See more »The geography of Central Africa is dominated by the Congo rainforest. Explore the rich diversity of people and physical features in this section.
Brazzaville, Congo, the nation's capital and largest city. It lies on the north bank of the Congo River, opposite Kinshasa, Zaire. See more »
Congo (Brazzaville), a country on the west coast of Africa. Prior to independence in 1960, it was part of French Equatorial Africa and was known as Middle Congo.
See more »Brazzaville, Congo, the nation's capital and largest city. It lies on the north bank of the Congo River, opposite Kinshasa, Zaire.
See more »Angola, or Republic of Angola, a country in southwestern Africa. Until 1975 it was a possession of Portugal and was sometimes called Portuguese West Africa.
See more »Cameroon, or Republic of Cameroon, a country in western Africa. It lies just north of the Equator on the Gulf of Guinea and is bordered by Nigeria, Chad, the Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea.
See more »Central African Republic, a landlocked country in equatorial Africa. It is bordered by Chad, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, and Cameroon.
See more »Chad, (French: Tchad), or Republic of Chad, a country in north-central Africa. It is bounded by Libya, Sudan, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger.
See more »Congo (Kinshasa), a country in central Africa. Prior to independence in 1960, it was known as the Belgian Congo; from 1960 until 1971 it was the Democratic Republic of the Congo; from 1971 until 1997 it was known as Zaire.
See more »Douala, Cameroon, the nation's largest city and principal seaport. It lies on an inlet of the Gulf of Guinea, about 130 miles (210 km) west of Yaoundé, the national capital.
See more »Equatorial Guinea, or Republic of Equatorial Guinea, a country of west-central Africa.
See more »Gabon, or Gabonese Republic, a country on the west coast of Africa. It lies on the Atlantic Ocean on the Equator and is bordered by Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Republic of the Congo.
See more »Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the nation's largest city, capital, and federal district.
See more »Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the capital of Haut-Zaire Province. It lies at the head of navigation on the Congo River just below Stanley Falls, 1,085 miles (1,746 km) upstream from Kinshasa, the national capital.
See more »Libreville, Gabon, the capital city of the republic. It is situated at the mouth of the Gabon River on the Gulf of Guinea on the west-central coast of Africa.
See more »Luanda, Angola, the nation's capital and largest city. It is Angola's main industrial center and one of its main seaports.
See more »Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a city and the capital of Shaba province.
See more »Rwanda, or Rwandese Republic, a small country in east-central Africa. Rwanda lies just south of the Equator some 600 miles (970 km) inland from the Indian Ocean.
See more »São Tomé and Príncipe, a country consisting of two islands in the Gulf of Guinea about 150 miles (240 km) off the west African coast.
See more »Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, in central Africa. It is an important administrative, commercial, and industrial center.
See more »Zaire, the former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country in central Africa.
See more »Niger, or Republic of Niger, a country in north-central Africa. It is a landlocked nation bordered by Algeria, Libya, Chad, Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, and Mali.
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