Congo Geography

Country Name: Republic of the Congo

Capital City: Brazzaville

Population: 3800610

Population Growth: 2.639% (2007 est.)

Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF)

Languages: French

Area:

Inflation Rate: 2.6% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate:

Domain extension:

GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS OF CONGO

Location:

Central Africa, northeast of Angola

Geographic Co-ordinates:

0 00 N, 25 00 E

Area - total:

2,345,410 sq km

Area - total:

2,345,410 sq km

Area - land:

2,267,600 sq km

Area - water:

77,810 sq km

Land Boundaries:

10,730 km

Border Countries:

Angola 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 233 km, Central African Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda 217 km, Sudan 628 km, Tanzania 459 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km

Terrain:

vast central basin is a low-lying plateau; mountains in east

Elevation - highest point:

Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m

Elevation - lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

Natural Resources:

cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber

Arable Land:

2.86%

Permanent Crops:

0.47%

Other Land Use:

96.67% (2005)

Natural Hazards:

periodic droughts in south; Congo River floods (seasonal); in the east, in the Great Rift Valley, there are active volcanoes