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Congo is the name of two countries in Central Africa:
- Republic of the Congo – sometimes known as "Congo-Brazzaville", the smaller one in the west, marked green on the map. A former French colony; see: French Equatorial Africa.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) – sometimes known as "Congo-Kinshasa", the larger one in the east, marked red on the map. A former Belgian colony; see: Congo Free State.
Congo is also the name of:
- The Congo River, which drains both those two Central African countries.
- The basin of that river. The Congo and its subsidiaries run through the second largest rain forest area in the world, with only the Amazon Rainforest (much) larger. See: Congo River basin.
- In Vodun, a rather dull and lazy spirit was named Congo.
- A novel by Michael Crichton. For the book, see Congo (novel).
- A movie based on Crichton's novel; see Congo (movie)
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Congo.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Categories: