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Congo Profile

	Name	Congo
	Capital	Brazzaville
	ISO3166-1 (Alpha-2)	CG
	ISO3166-1 (Alpha-3)	COG
	ISO3166-1 (Numeric)	178

IDD Code	242	TLD	cg
Total Area	342,000 km2	Population	5,953,730
Country Demonym	Congolese	Currency Symbol	FCFA
Currency Code	XAF	Currency Name	Cfa Franc Beac
Language Code	EN	Language Name	Niger-congo

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Country Overview

The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, is a country in Africa. Its capital city is Brazzaville. The country was a former colony of France; it became independent on 15 August 1960. The north of the country has very large areas of rainforest, but in the south are many farms which grow cashcrops like bananas, peanuts.

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List of Regions in Congo

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