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The Congo may refer to the Congo River in central Africa or the Congo Basin, the sedimentary basin of the river.
Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the river:
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the larger country to the southeast, sometimes referred to as "Congo-Kinshasa" (Pop.: 108 million; Capital: Kinshasa; formerly known as Zaire)
- Republic of the Congo, the smaller country to the northwest, sometimes referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville" (Pop.: 5 million; Capital: Brazzaville)
Congo or Kongo may also refer to:
Places
Africa
- 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
- Richard Congo (born 1961), American basketball player
- 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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