Congo
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Congo or The Congo most often refers to:
- Congo River, in central Africa
- Congo Basin, the sedimentary basin of the river
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, sometimes referred to as "Congo-Kinshasa"
- Republic of the Congo, the smaller country to the northwest, sometimes referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville"
Congo or The Congo may also refer to:
Places
[edit | edit source]Africa
[edit | edit source]Former colonies
[edit | edit source]- Belgian Congo (modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- French Congo (modern-day Republic of the Congo)
- Portuguese Congo (modern-day Kabinda, Angola)
Other places in Africa
[edit | edit source]- Congo Canyon, a submarine canyon
- Kakongo, former kingdom
- Kingdom of Kongo (1390–1914)
- Kingdom of Kakongo (15th century–1885)
- Congo Free State (1885–1908)
- Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) or Congo-Léopoldville (1960–1971)
- People's Republic of the Congo (1969–1992)
- M'banza Congo, capital of Zaire Province in Angola
- Kongo, Ghana, town in Ghana
- Kongo, Liberia, small town in Liberia
United States
[edit | edit source]- Congo, Alabama
- Congo, Missouri
- Congo, Pennsylvania
- Congo, West Virginia
- Congo Cay, US Virgin Islands
Elsewhere
[edit | edit source]- Congo, New South Wales, Australia
- Congo, Paraíba, Brazil
- Congo River (disambiguation), a list of rivers with the name
- Congo Town, a village in Andros Island, Bahamas
- Congo Volcano or Congo Mountain, in Costa Rica
Languages and ethnic groups
[edit | edit source]- Niger–Congo languages
- Kongo languages
- Kongo language, a Bantu language
- Kongo languages
- Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group
Arts and entertainment
[edit | edit source]Music
[edit | edit source]- The Congos, a reggae vocal group from Jamaica
- Congo (album), 1979
- "Congo" (song), by Genesis, 1997
- Kongos (band), a South African American band
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
[edit | edit source]- Congo (novel), 1980, by Michael Crichton
- Congo (film), 1995, based on the novel
- Congo (chess variant), using a 7×7 gameboard
- Congo (pinball), 1995, machine
- Congo (TV series), a 2001 nature documentary
- Congo – A Political Tragedy, a 2018 documentary film
- Congo: The Epic History of a People, a 2010 book by David van Reybrouck
- Kongo (film), a 1932 American film
People
[edit | edit source]- Anwar Congo (born 1937), Indonesian gangster known for involvement in the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66
- Edwin Congo (born 1976), Colombian footballer
- Louis Congo (fl. 1725), emancipated slave appointed public executioner of French Louisiana
- Richard Congo (born 1961), American basketball player
Organisations and companies
[edit | edit source]- Conference of NGOs (CoNGO), a membership association of non-governmental organizations
- Congo Airways, the flag carrier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Congo Airlines, a former airline
- Congo LLC, co-owner of Prime Hydration, an American manufacturer of sports drinks
Other uses
[edit | edit source]- Congo (chimpanzee), which learned how to draw and paint
- Congo (loa), a voodoo spirit
- Congoid, an outdated historical grouping of various people
- HMS Congo (1816), a Royal Navy ship
- Kongo University, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
See also
[edit | edit source]- All pages with titles beginning with Congo
- All pages with titles containing Congo
- All pages with titles beginning with Kongo
- All pages with titles containing Kongo
- Conga (disambiguation)
- Congolese (disambiguation)
- King Kong (disambiguation)
- Kongo (disambiguation)
- Kongō (disambiguation)
- Kongolo (disambiguation)
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