Congo - Congo

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

• the larger Democratic Republic of the Congo to the southeast (capital: Kinshasa; flag: ), formerly known as Zaire and sometimes referred to as "Congo-Kinshasa"
• the smaller Republic of the Congo to the northwest (capital: Brazzaville; flag: ) and sometimes referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville"

Congo or Kongo may also refer to:

Places

Africa

Geologic

• Congo craton, one of the cratons making up the African continental crust
• Congo Basin, the sedimentary basin of the Congo River in west equatorial Africa

Historical states

• Kingdom of Kongo (1400â€"1914), covering part of the Congo region
• Kongo dia Nlaza (until late in the 16th century), a former kingdom absorbed by the Kingdom of Kongo
• on the territory of the current Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) or Congo-Léopoldville (1960â€"1971)
    • Congo Crisis, a period of unrest in the Republic of the Congo between 1960 and 1965
  • Belgian Congo (1908â€"1960)
  • Congo Free State (1885â€"1908)
• on the territory of the current Republic of the Congo
  • People's Republic of the Congo (1970â€"1991)
  • French Congo (1880â€"1960)
• Portuguese Congo, now the Angolan exclave of Cabinda Province

Administrative regions

• Kongo Central, former Bas-Congo province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Other places

Cities and towns

• Congo, Alabama, United States
• Congo, New South Wales, Australia
• Congo, Missouri, United States
• Congo, Paraíba, Brazil
• Congo, West Virginia, United States

Mountains

• Mount Kongō, a mountain in Japan
• Mount Kumgang, a mountain in North Korea known in Japanese as "Mount Kongō"

Rivers

• Congo River (disambiguation), a list of rivers with the name

Languages and ethnic groups

• Kongo people or Congolese, an ethnic group in the two Congo states and Angola
• Kongo language

People

• Kongō Masahiro (born 1948), former Japanese sumo wrestler
• John Kongos (born 1945), South African musician, leader of the band Johnny Kongos and the G-Men
• Kid Congo Powers (born 1960), American rock guitarist and singer
• Louis Congo (fl. 1725), emancipated slave appointed public executioner of the French colony Louisiana
• Cheick Kongo (born 1975), a.k.a. Cheick Guillaume Ouedraogo, French mixed martial arts fighter and kickboxer

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
  • Kongō-class battlecruiser
• JDS Kongō (DDG-173), a Japanese destroyer launched in 1991
  • Kongō-class destroyer

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

Print

• Congo (novel), a 1980 novel by Michael Crichton
• Congo: The Epic History of a People, a 2010 non-fiction book by David van Reybrouck

Television

• Congo (BBC TV series), a 2001 BBC documentary series

Other uses

• Congo (loa), a spirit in Haitian Vodou mythology
• Congo (chimpanzee) (1954â€"1964), a chimpanzee who learned how to draw and paint
• Congo eel, a species of aquatic salamander
• 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