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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 km 2 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...