Generic Information
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a country in Central Africa and located in sub-Saharan Africa, bordered to the northwest by the Republic of the Congo, to the north by the Central African Republic, to the northeast by South Sudan, to the east by Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, and by Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), to the south and southeast by Zambia, to the southwest by Angola, and to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean and the Cabinda exclave of Angola.
By area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 108 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country in the world. The capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the world's most populous Francophone city and largest city in Africa. It is the third largest African city in metropolitan area after Lagos and Cairo.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is extremely rich in natural resources but has suffered from political instability, a lack of infrastructure, corruption, and centuries of both commercial and colonial extraction and exploitation with little widespread development” (Source: Wikipedia).
Generic country information can be located from sources which are regularly maintained and reflect current facts and figures. For a generic country overview, please consult the following sources:
Democratic Republic of Congo Wikipedia Country Information
Democratic Republic of Congo International Monetary Fund Country Information
Democratic Republic of Congo Economist Intelligence Unit Information*
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Humanitarian Info
Democratic Republic of Congo World Food Programme Information
Democratic Republic of Congo UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Information
Facts and Figures
Democratic Republic of Congo Wolfram Alpha Information
