DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO
(Formerly Zaire. Also known as Congo or Congo-Kinshasa)
Official Name: Democratic
Republic of the Congo
Location: In
Central Africa
Capital: Kinshasa
Population: 49,000,511
Languages: French
(official), more than 400 dialects
Monetary Unit:
New Zaire
Government: Republic
with strong Presidential authority (in transition)
Religion: Roman
Catholic 59%, Protestant 20%, Muslim 10%, Kimbanguist 10%