The Land of Forests - Democratic Republic of Congo

Congo was ruled by Belgium for a long time. But it became independent country on 30th june 1960.

  • Area - 2,345,409 km2
  • Population - 78,736,153 as of 2017
  • Capital - Kinshasa
Resources - Congo has one of the largest river of the world
                     It has forests , wildlife , soil, minerals & water power
Agriculture and Mining are main industry 

Forest:- Equatorial or tropical rain forests also it has one of the largest reserves of hardwood in the world

Wildlife - Gigantic Zoo , Snakes , Pythons, Monkeys , Elephants and Hippopotamuses 

Soil & Crops -  1/5 part of the land is under cultivation because of cast forest cover.
The main food crops are rice , maize , cassava
and the main cash crops are rubber , coffee , cotton , oil-palm for export

Minerals and industry

It has Vast reserves of copper , diamond , cobalt , tin , zinc , manganese  and uranium

2/3 of it's population speak bantu language

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