Congo
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Congo, Kongo, or Kongō may refer to:
Places
Africa
- Political –
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, or Congo-Kinshasa
- Zaire, the name of the country under the Mobutu regime (1965–1997)
- Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1960–1964)
- Belgian Congo (1908–1960)
- Congo Free State (1885-1908)
- Republic of the Congo, or Congo-Brazzaville
- People's Republic of the Congo (1970–1991)
- French Congo (1880–1960)
- Geographic –
- Congo River, African river also known as Zaire River
- Congo (area), a geographical area in Africa
- Congo Basin, drainage for the Congo River in west equatorial Africa
- Historical kingdoms –
- Kingdom of Kongo (1400–1914), covering parts of present-day Angola and the two Congo states
- Kongo dia Nlaza (until late in the 16th century), a former kingdom absorbed by the Kingdom of Kongo
- Administrative regions –
- Portuguese Congo, now the Angolan exclave of Cabinda Province
- M'banza-Kongo, capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire province
- Kongo Central, former Bas-Congo province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Other places
- Congo, Paraíba, Brazil
- Congo, West Virginia, USA
Languages and ethnic groups
- Kongo people or Congolese, an ethnic group in the two Congo states and Angola
- Kongo language
Entertainment
Acting
- Kongō, one of the five schools of Noh acting
Film
- Kongo (1932 film), a film starring Walter Huston, Lupe Velez, and Conrad Nagel
- Congo (film), a 1995 film based on Michael Crichton's novel
Music
- "Congo" (song), a 1997 song by Genesis from Calling All Stations
- Kongos (band), a South African rock band
- The Congos, a reggae vocal group from Jamaica
- Congo (novel), a 1980 novel by Michael Crichton
Television
- Congo (BBC TV series), a 2001 BBC documentary series
Warships
- HMS Congo (1816), a steamship for the Royal Navy, United Kingdom
- Japanese corvette Kongō, launched 1877
- Japanese battleship Kongō, launched 1912 as a battlecruiser
- JDS Kongō (DDG-173), a Japanese destroyer launched in 1991
Other uses
- Congo (loa), a spirit in Haitian voodoo mythology
- Congo (chimpanzee)
- The Conference of NGOs or CONGO, a worldwide group of charity and aid organizations
- Vajra or Kongō, a Buddhist concept
- Congo (chess variant), a chess variant invented by Demian Freeling
People with the surname
- Kongō Masahiro (born 1948), former sumo wrestler
- John Kongos (born 1945), South African musician, leader of the band Johnny Kongos and the G-Men
- Kid Congo Powers (born 1960), guitarist
- Louis Congo (fl. 1725), emancipated slave appointed public executioner of Louisiana
- Cheick Kongo (born 1975), aka Cheick Guillaume Ouedraogo, French mixed martial arts fighter and kickboxer
See also
- Conga (disambiguation)
- Congo craton, one of the cratons making the African continental crust
- Kakongo, former kingdom
- 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