Republic of the Congo Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
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| Capital | Brazzaville |
| Government | Republic |
| Currency | Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF) |
| Area | total: 342,000 km2 water: 500 km2 land: 341,500 km2 |
| Population | 2,958,448 |
| Language | French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo has the most users) |
| Religion | Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2% |
| Electricity | 220V/50Hz (European plug) |
| Calling Code | +242 |
| Internet TLD | .cg |
| Time Zone | UTC+1 |
The Republic of the Congo is in West Africa. The country is also known as Congo-Brazzaville to distinguish it from its giant southern neighbor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa).
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Regions
Cities
- Brazzaville -- Capital city
- Pointe Noire -- Port city on the coast
Other destinations
Understand
Get in
By plane
By train
By car
By bus
By boat
Get around
Talk
Buy
Costs
Eat
Good and healthy chinese food at Osaka, Restaurant, in Point Noire. The average price for a meal was 12-18 USD. All meals were served in nice clean dishes, the restaurant is in doors and has AC, with a back-up generator, just in case. Some of the workers spoke English and French.
Drink
Sleep
Learn
Work
Stay safe
Stay healthy
Population estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.
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Contact
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