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'''Congo''' may refer to either of two countries that border the ] in central Africa:

* the larger ] to the southeast (capital: Kinshasa), formerly known as Zaire and sometimes referred to as "Congo-Kinshasa"
* the smaller ] to the northwest (capital: Brazzaville) and sometimes referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville"

'''Congo''' or '''Kongo''' may also refer to:
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== Places ==
=== Africa {{anchor|Country}} ===<!-- Please keep the {{Anchor}}. Usage Congo, esp. when unclear Kinshasa, Brazzaville or both. April 2009 -->

==== Geologic ====
* ], one of the cratons making up the African continental crust
* ], the sedimentary basin of the Congo River in west equatorial Africa

==== Historical states ====
* ] (1400–1914), covering part of the Congo region
* ] (until late in the 16th century), a former kingdom absorbed by the Kingdom of Kongo
* on the territory of the current Democratic Republic of the Congo
** ] (1971-1997)
** ] or Congo-Léopoldville (1960–1971)
***], a period of unrest in the Republic of the Congo between 1960 and 1965
** ] (1908–1960)
** ] (1885–1908)
* on the territory of the current Republic of the Congo
** ] (1970–1991)
** ] (1880–1960)
* Portuguese Congo, now the Angolan exclave of ]

==== Administrative regions ====
* ], former Bas-Congo, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

=== Other places ===

==== Cities and towns ====
* ], United States
* ], Australia
* ], United States
* ], Brazil
* ], United States

==== Mountains ====
* ], a mountain in Japan
* ], a mountain in North Korea known in Japanese as "Mount Kongō"

==== Rivers ====
* ], a list of rivers with the name

== Languages and ethnic groups ==
* ] or Congolese, an ethnic group in the two Congo states and Angola
* ]

== People ==
* ] (born 1948), a former Japanese sumo wrestler
* ] (born 1945), a South African musician, leader of the band Johnny Kongos and the G-Men
* ] (born 1960), an American rock guitarist and singer
* ] (fl. 1725), an emancipated slave appointed public executioner of the French colony Louisiana
* ] (born 1975), a.k.a. Cheick Guillaume Ouedraogo, French mixed martial arts fighter and kickboxer

== Warships ==
* {{HMS|Congo|1816}}, a steamship for the Royal Navy, United Kingdom
* {{ship|Japanese corvette|Kongō||}}, launched 1877
* {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kongō||}}, launched 1912 as a battlecruiser
** {{sclass-|Kongō|battlecruiser}}
* {{JDS|Kongō|DDG-173}}, a Japanese destroyer launched in 1991
** {{sclass-|Kongō|destroyer}}

== Entertainment ==

=== Acting ===
* Kongō, one of the five schools of ] acting

=== Film ===
* ], a film starring Walter Huston, Lupe Velez, and Conrad Nagel
* ], a 1995 film based on Michael Crichton's novel

=== Music ===
* ], a 1997 song by Genesis from ''Calling All Stations''
* ], a South African rock band
* ], a reggae vocal group from Jamaica

=== Print ===
* ], a 1980 novel by Michael Crichton
* '']'', a 2010 non-fiction book by David van Reybrouck

=== Television ===
* ], a 2001 BBC documentary series

=== Gaming ===
* ], a pinball machine released in 1995

== Other uses ==
* ], a spirit in Haitian Vodou mythology
* ] (1954–1964), a chimpanzee who learned how to draw and paint
* ], a species of aquatic salamander
* ] or CONGO, a worldwide group of charity and aid organizations
* ] or Kongō, a Buddhist concept
* ], a chess variant invented by Demian Freeling

== See also ==
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], former kingdom
* {{lookfrom|Congo}}
* {{intitle|Congo}}
* {{lookfrom|Kongo}}
* {{intitle|Kongo}}

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