evidence: The Democratic Republic of the Congo occupies an area of 2,345,409 sq. km in Central Africa. It is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa. [...] The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is located in Central Africa. As it straddles the Equator, it has territories in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It is located to the east of the Prime Meridian in the Eastern Hemisphere. Nine countries border the DRC. These are the Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan to the northwest, north, and northeast respectively. Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda bound it to the east. Tanzania is located to the east across Lake Tanganyika. Zambia lies to the southeast and Angola to the southwest respectively. DRC also has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola's Cabinda exclave also borders DRC in this direction.