Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 92nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Taiwan, Moldova, and Ethiopia. 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 explorers.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a country in Central Africa bordered to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean. By area, the DRC 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 national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the nation's economic center. The country is bordered to the Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, and the Cabinda exclave of Angola. Read more on Wikipedia