Res publica democratica Congensis
Res publica democratica Congensis (Francogallice République Démocratique du Congo), olim Zaire, est civitas sui iuris in Africa sita, circiter 66 500 000 incolarum (anno 2008) habens. Caput est urbs Kinshasa. Claritatis causa, civitas Congo Kinshasa et Congo olim Belgica etiam appellatur, eo quod binae sunt civitates Africanae nomine Congo notae, quae eorum nomina a flumine Congo deducunt. Praeses nunc est Felix Tshisekedi.

Etymologia 
Nomen Reipublicae Democraticae Congensis ad flumen Congo (alterum nomen: flumen Zaire), totam civitatem transfluens, respicit. Fluminis ipsius nomen de lingua Bantuensi Kongo (sive Kikongo). Nomina civitatis pristina quoque nexus cum flumine ostendabant: Civitas libera Congensis (1885—1908), Congo Belgicae (1908—1960), Res publica Congensis (1960—1964, etiam "Congo et Leopoldopolis"), Res publica democratica Congensis (1964—1971), et Res publica Zaire (1971—1997). Verbum Zaire ipsum de verbo Congensi nzadi derivatum est. Nzadi signifcat "flumen", Zaire commutatio Lusitana est.

Geographia 
Res publica democratica Congensis e viginti sex provinciis constituta est. Praecipuae urbes sunt Kinshasa (8 096 254 incolarum), Mbuji-Mayi (806 475), Lubumbashi (851 381), Kisangani (417 517), et Bukavu (201 569).

Provinciae 
Dividitur Res publica democratica Congensis in provincias, cum una provincia urbana Kinshasae et viginti quinque aliarum. Provinciae ipsae iterum in centum quadraginta quinque territoriorum et triginta duae urbium dividuntur:

Montes 
 Mons Nyragongus (ignifer), 3470 metra

Flora et fauna 

Civitatis silvis pluvialibus diversitas biologica magna est, includens species rarae et endemicae multae, ut panos troglodytae (in Indice Rubro IUCN indicatum), panos panisci, loxodontae cyclotis (elephanti silvestris Africani), gorillae montani, okapiae (sive giraffae montanae), et rhinoceri albi.

Quinque saeptorum nationalium civitatis patrimonio totius mundi attribuuntur: saeptum nationale Garamabe, saeptum nationale et Kahuzi et Biegae, saeptum nationale Salongae, saeptum nationale Virungae, reservatum faunae Okapiarum.

Politica 
Civitas est res publica democratica praesidentialis. Anno 2003 constitutione transitionali legislatura duorum conciliorum (→bicameralismus) instituta est: Senatus et congressus.

Demographia

Sermones 

Lingua Francogallica est sermo publicus; homines autem aliis 210 sermonibus quotidie utuntur. Linguae nationales sunt: Kituba, Lingala, Luba et Kasai, lingua Suahelica.

Greges ethnici 
Incolae Reipublicae Democraticae Congensis de gregibus ducentibus constitutae sunt, inter eas grex Bantuensium maximus est. Anno 2018 numerus omnium incolarum octoginta quattuor millionum aestimatus est.

Historia 
Respublica Democratica Congensis fuit colonia personalis Leopoldi II regis Belgarum, et usque ad annum 1960 colonia Belgica mansit. Ab anno 1965 usque ad annum 1997, Iosephus Mobutu munus praesidis (vere a nonnullis dictator habitus) sustinuit.

Pinacotheca 

 Dingonek
 Ebola (flumen)
 Lacus Mweru
 Ota Benga
 Respublica Congensis
 Universitas Congolensis

Notae

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Nexus externi 

Civitates sui iuris
Condita 1960
Res publica democratica Congensis
Respublicae