Atlas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo with administrative divisions shown.
Location of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country in Central Africa. Its official language is French with Kikongo ya leta, Lingala, Swahili, and Tshiluba also being recognized as national languages. Christianity is the predominant religion.

The region was part of the Kingdom of Kongo from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries and then several independent Kingdoms, but in 1885 it became the private property of King Leopold II of Belgium as the Congo Free State. In 1908 it became a Belgian colony and remained one until achieving independence in 1960 under the name the Republic of the Congo. In 1964 it was renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was renamed Congo-Kinshasa in 1966 and in 1971 it was renamed Zaire which remained its name until 1997 when it became known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The countries Bahá’í community was established in 1953 and developed rapidly in the early 1960's. The Bahá’í community began contributing to the social and economic development of the country in the 1970's, establishing many educational institutions, and the community continues to remain active to the current day.

National Assembly: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Official Website: https://www.bahai-rdc.org/
Statistics
Population: 78,736,153
Bahá’í pop.: 100,000
History
First Local Assembly: 1957
First National Assembly: 1970

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