The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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total: 10,271 km

       border countries: Angola 2,511 km, Burundi 233 km, Central African

       Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda 217 km,

       Sudan 628 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km

      Coastline: 37 km

      Maritime claims:

       exclusive economic zone: boundaries with neighbors

       territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator—wet season April to October, dry season December to February; south of Equator—wet season November to March, dry season April to October

      Terrain: vast central basin is a low-lying plateau; mountains in

       east

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110

       m

      Natural resources: cobalt, copper, cadmium, petroleum, industrial

       and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, germanium,

       uranium, radium, bauxite, iron ore, coal, hydropower potential,

       timber

      Land use:

       arable land: 3%

       permanent crops: 0%

       permanent pastures: 7%

       forests and woodland: 77%

       other: 13% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 100 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: periodic droughts in south; volcanic activity

      Environment—current issues: poaching threatens wildlife

       populations; water pollution; deforestation; refugees who arrived in

       mid-1994 were responsible for significant deforestation, soil

       erosion, and wildlife poaching in the eastern part of the country

       (most of those refugees were repatriated in November and December

       1996)

      Environment—international agreements:

       party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered

       Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear

       Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical

       Timber 94, Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification

      Geography—note: straddles Equator; very narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo river and is only outlet to South Atlantic Ocean; dense tropical rain forest in central river basin and eastern highlands

      People

      Population: 50,481,305 (July 1999 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 48% (male 12,200,532; female 12,136,372)

       15–64 years: 49% (male 12,135,901; female 12,692,057)

       65 years and over: 3% (male 564,084; female 752,359) (1999 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.96% (1999 est.)

      Birth rate: 46.37 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Death rate: 14.99 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Net migration rate: −1.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.) note: in 1994, about a million refugees fled into Zaire (now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo or DROC), to escape the fighting between the Hutus and the Tutsis in Rwanda and Burundi; the outbreak of widespread fighting in the DROC between rebels and government forces in October 1996 spurred about 875,000 refugees to return to Rwanda in late 1996 and early 1997; additionally,the DROC is host to 200,000 Angolan, 110,000 Burundi, 100,000 Sudanese, and 15,000 Ugandan refugees; renewed fighting in the DROC in August 1998 resulted in more internal displacement and refugee outflows

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (1999 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 99.45 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 49.44 years male: 47.28 years female: 51.67 years (1999 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 6.45 children born/woman (1999 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Congolese (singular and plural)

       adjective: Congolese or Congo

      Ethnic groups: over 200 African ethnic groups of which the

       majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes—Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all

       Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the

       population

      Religions: Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%,

       Muslim 10%, other syncretic sects and traditional beliefs 10%

      Languages: French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade

       language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo,

       Tshiluba

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write French, Lingala,

       Kingwana, or Tshiluba

       total population: 77.3%

       male: 86.6%

       female: 67.7% (1995 est.)

      Government

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Democratic Republic of the Congo

       conventional short form: none

       local long form: Republique Democratique du Congo

       local short form: none

       former: Belgian Congo, Congo/Leopoldville, Congo/Kinshasa, Zaire

       abbreviation: DROC

      Data code: CG

      Government type: dictatorship; presumably undergoing a transition to representative government

      Capital: Kinshasa

      Administrative divisions: 10 provinces (provinces,

       singular—province) and one city* (ville); Bandundu, Bas-Congo,

       Equateur, Kasai-Occidental, Kasai-Oriental, Katanga, Kinshasa*,

       Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Orientale, Sud-Kivu

      Independence: 30 June 1960 (from Belgium)

      National holiday: anniversary of independence from Belgium, 30

       June (1960)

      Constitution: 24 June 1967, amended August 1974, revised 15 February 1978, amended April 1990; transitional constitution promulgated in April 1994; following successful rebellion the new government announced on 29 May 1997 a program of constitutional reform and, in November 1998, a draft constitution was approved by President KABILA and awaits ratification by national referendum

      Legal system: based on Belgian civil law system and tribal law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory

      Executive branch:

      


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