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Extensible Markup Language  |  1995-06-15  |  3KB  |  19 lines
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  14.         <text><span class="style42"></span><span class="style12">CONGO</span><span class="style14"></span><span class="style42">Official name:</span><span class="style13"> La R├⌐publique du Congo (The Republic of the Congo)</span><span class="style42">Member of: </span><span class="style13">UN, OAU</span><span class="style42">Area: </span><span class="style13">342000 km2 (132047 sq mi)</span><span class="style42">Population: </span><span class="style13">2772000 (1993 est)</span><span class="style42">Capital: </span><span class="style13">Brazzaville 940000 (1992 est)</span><span class="style42">Other major city: </span><span class="style13">Pointe-Noire 576000 (1992 est)</span><span class="style42">Languages: </span><span class="style13">French (official), Lingala patois (50%), Monokutuba patois (over 40%), Kongo (45%), Teke (20%)</span><span class="style42">Religions: </span><span class="style13">Roman Catholic (53%), animist (25%)</span><span class="style42">GOVERNMENT</span><span class="style13">The 125-member National Assembly, 60-member Senate and the President are elected for five years by universal adult suffrage. The President appoints a Premier and a Council of Ministers. </span><span class="style42">GEOGRAPHY</span><span class="style13">Behind a narrow coastal plain, the plateau of the interior are covered by tropical rain forests and rise over 700 m (2300 ft). </span><span class="style42">Principal river: </span><span class="style13">Za├»re (Congo) 4700 km (2920 mi). </span><span class="style42">Climate: </span><span class="style13">The CongoΓÇÖs tropical climate is hot and humid. Rainfall exceeds 1200 mm (47 in) a year.</span><span class="style42">ECONOMY</span><span class="style13">Petroleum and timber are the mainstays of the economy, which was centrally planned until 1991. Congo is crippled by external debt. Subsistence agriculture ΓÇô chiefly for cassava ΓÇô occupies over 30% of the labor force. </span><span class="style42">Currency:</span><span class="style13"> CFA franc.</span><span class="style42">HISTORY</span><span class="style13">Portuguese slave traders were active in the region from the 15th century. In the 1880s, the explorer Brazza placed the kingdom of the Teke people under French protection, and in 1905 the region became the colony of Moyen-Congo. Independence was gained in 1960. A Marxist-Leninist state was established in 1963, but a multi-party system was restored in 1991.</span></text>
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