The Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: République démocratique du Congo), some time ago Zaire, is a state found in Central Africa, with a short Atlantic coastline (37 km). It is the third greatest nation in Africa by range after Sudan and Algeria and the twelfth greatest in the planet. With a citizenry of practically 71 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the eighteenth most crowded country in the planet, and the fourth most crowded country in Africa, and the most crowded authoritatively Francophone nation.
So as to recognize it from the neighbouring Republic of the Congo to the west, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is frequently pointed to as DR Congo, DROC, DRC, or RDC (from its French truncation), or is called Congo-Kinshasa after the capital of Kinshasa as opposed to Congo-Brazzaville for its neighbour). It likewise outskirts the Central African Republic and Sudan to the north; Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi in the east; Zambia and Angola to the south; the Atlantic Ocean to the west; and is split from Tanzania by Lake Tanganyika in the east The nation has access to the sea by way of a 40-kilometre (25 mi) stretch of Atlantic coastline at Muanda and the around 9 km wide mouth of the Congo River which opens into the Gulf of Guinea.
So as to recognize it from the neighbouring Republic of the Congo to the west, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is frequently pointed to as DR Congo, DROC, DRC, or RDC (from its French truncation), or is called Congo-Kinshasa after the capital of Kinshasa as opposed to Congo-Brazzaville for its neighbour). It likewise outskirts the Central African Republic and Sudan to the north; Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi in the east; Zambia and Angola to the south; the Atlantic Ocean to the west; and is split from Tanzania by Lake Tanganyika in the east The nation has access to the sea by way of a 40-kilometre (25 mi) stretch of Atlantic coastline at Muanda and the around 9 km wide mouth of the Congo River which opens into the Gulf of Guinea.
