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Congo, Democratic Republic of the

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Former names : Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Congo/Leopoldville, Congo/Kinshasa, Zaire Location : Central Africa Area : Over 2.3 million sq km; 11th largest in the world          Slightly less than one-fourth the size of the US Noun : Congolese Official language : French Population : Over 71.7 million; 19th largest in the world Capital : Kinshasa Literacy : 54.1% for women (2001 estimate) Drugs : One of Africa's biggest producers of cannabis Source: CIA Factbook These next two countries are going to cause me some problems, I promise.  I won't get into all of it here, but basically it is hard to distinguish between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of the Congo from a cultural and cuisine perspective based on the research I was able to do .  Not saying they are the same, or even as similar as I may think.  But the internet was not very helpful when it came to differentiating recipes. There was actually a surprising amount of recipes tha