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 Entity
 Congo (Republic of) 
 Main prefix
 TN 
 Callsigns series
 TNA-TNZ 
 Time zone
 +1 h 
 Continent
 Africa 
 ITU zone
 52 
 CQ zone
 36 
 
          Congo (Republic of)          
 
 Congo (Republic of) 
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          Congo (Republic of)          
 
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Divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a yellow band; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is red; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia.
 
          Congo (Republic of)          
 
 Congo, Republic of the 
 Capital: 
Brazzaville
 Administrative
 divisions: 
12 departments (départements, singular - département) of which two are also communes*: Bouenza, Brazzaville*, Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, Kouilou, Lékoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pointe-Noire*, Pool, and Sangha.
 Population: 
3,800,610 (July 2007 est.)
Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.
 Languages: 
French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo has the most users)
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
1° 00' S, 15° 00' E
 Area total: 
342,000 sq. km
 Land area: 
341,500 sq. km
 Water area: 
500 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
5,504 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African Republic 467 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Gabon 1,903 km
 Coastline: 
169 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Atlantic Ocean 0 m - Mount Berongou 903 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.cg
 Currency: 
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF)
responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of the Congo
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Congo (Brazzaville)
 Name - local
 long form: 
Republique du Congo
 Name - local
 short form: 
none
 Former name: 
Middle Congo, Congo/Brazzaville, Congo
 Independence: 
15 August 1960 (from France)
 Constitution: 
constitution approved by referendum in January 2002
 Government
 type: 
republic
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 15 August (1960)
 
          Congo (Republic of)          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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