Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 91st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Costa Rica, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Memorable people born in present day Democratic Republic of the Congo include Patrice Lumumba, Mobutu Sese Seko, and Laurent-Désiré Kabila. Memorable people who died in Democratic Republic of the Congo include Patrice Lumumba, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, and Joseph Kasa-Vubu. Democratic Republic of the Congo has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and soccer players.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply Congo, is a country in Central Africa. By land area the country is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 110 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the economic center. The country is bordered by the Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, the Cabinda exclave of Angola, and the South Atlantic Ocean. Read more on Wikipedia