Congo

"Kongo" redirects here. For other uses, see Kongo (disambiguation). For the Japanese word, see Kongō.

  Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Republic of the Congo

The Congo River forms much of the border between these two countries.

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

• Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to as "Congo-Kinshasa"
• Republic of the Congo, the smaller country to the northwest, capital Brazzaville, sometimes referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville"

Congo or Kongo may also refer to:

Places

Africa

• Congo Basin, or the Congo, the sedimentary basin of the Congo River
• 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

• Belgian Congo
• French Congo
• Portuguese Congo

United States

• Congo, Alabama
• Congo, Missouri
• Congo, Pennsylvania
• Congo, West Virginia

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 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