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"Kongo" redirects here. For other uses, see Kongo (disambiguation). For the Japanese word, see Kongō.
Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa:
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to as "Congo-Kinshasa"
- Republic of the Congo, the smaller country to the northwest, capital Brazzaville, sometimes referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville"
Congo or Kongo may also refer to:
Places
Africa
- Congo Basin, or the Congo, the sedimentary basin of the Congo River
- Congo Canyon, a submarine canyon
- Kingdom of Kongo (1390–1914)
- Kingdom of Kakongo (15th century–1885)
- Congo Free State (1885–1908)
- Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) or Congo-Léopoldville (1960–1971)
- People's Republic of the Congo (1969–1992)
- Kongo, Ghana, town in Ghana
- Kongo, Liberia, small town in Liberia
Former colonies
United States
Elsewhere
- Congo, New South Wales, Australia
- Congo, Paraíba, Brazil
- Congo River (disambiguation), a list of rivers with the name
- Congo Town, a village in Andros Island, Bahamas
- Congo Volcano or Congo Mountain, in Costa Rica
Languages and ethnic groups
- Niger–Congo languages
- Kongo languages
- Kongo language, a Bantu language
- Kongo languages
- Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group
Arts and entertainment
Music
- The Congos, a reggae vocal group from Jamaica
- Congo (album), 1979
- "Congo" (song), by Genesis, 1997
- Kongos (band), a South African American band
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
- Congo (novel), a 1980 novel by Michael Crichton
- Congo (film), a 1995 film based on the novel
- Congo (chess variant), using a 7×7 gameboard
- Congo (pinball), a 1995 pinball machine
- Congo (TV series), a 2001 nature documentary
- Congo – A Political Tragedy, a 2018 documentary film
- Congo: The Epic History of a People, a 2010 book by David van Reybrouck
- Kongo (1932 film), an American film
People
- Edwin Congo (born 1976), Colombian footballer
- Louis Congo (fl. 1725), emancipated slave appointed public executioner of French Louisiana
- Cheick Kongo (born 1975), French mixed martial arts fighter and kickboxer
- John Kongos (born 1945), South African singer and songwriter
- Kongo Kong, wrestling ring name of Steven Wilson (born 1979)
Other uses
- Congo (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee who learned how to draw and paint
- Congo (loa), a voodoo spirit
- Congo Airways, the flag carrier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Congo Airlines, a former airline
- HMS Congo (1816), a Royal Navy ship
- Conference of NGOs (CoNGO), a membership association of non-governmental organizations
- Kongo University, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Congo
- All pages with titles containing Congo
- All pages with titles beginning with Kongo
- All pages with titles containing Kongo
- Conga (disambiguation)
- Congolese (disambiguation)
- King Kong (disambiguation)
- Kongō (disambiguation)
- Kongolo (disambiguation)
- Congoid, an outdated historical grouping of various people
- Kakongo, former kingdom
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