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    • 1.1.1 Former colonies
  • 1.2 United States
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Appearance move to sidebar hide Checked From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 September 2025. Look up Congo or Kongo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Congo or The Congo may refer to:

• Congo River, in central Africa
• Congo Basin, the sedimentary basin of the river
• Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, sometimes referred to as "Congo-Kinshasa"
• Republic of the Congo, the smaller country to the northwest, sometimes referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville"

Places

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Africa

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• Congo Canyon, a submarine canyon
• Kakongo, former kingdom
• Kingdom of Kongo (1390–1914)
• Kingdom of Kakongo (15th century–1885)
• Congo Free State (1885–1908)
• Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) or Congo-Léopoldville (1960–1971)
• People's Republic of the Congo (1969–1992)
• M'banza Congo, capital of Zaire Province in Angola
• Kongo, Ghana, town in Ghana
• Kongo, Liberia, small town in Liberia

Former colonies

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• Belgian Congo (modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• French Congo (modern-day Republic of the Congo)
• Portuguese Congo (modern-day Kabinda, Angola)

United States

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• Congo, Alabama
• Congo, Missouri
• Congo, Pennsylvania
• Congo, West Virginia
• Congo Cay, United States Virgin Islands

Elsewhere

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• Congo, New South Wales, Australia
• Congo, Paraíba, Brazil
• Congo River (disambiguation), a list of rivers with the name
• Congo Town, a village in Andros Island, Bahamas
• Congo Volcano or Congo Mountain, in Costa Rica

Languages and ethnic groups

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• Niger–Congo languages
  • Kongo languages
    • Kongo language, a Bantu language
• Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group

Arts and entertainment

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Music

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• The Congos, a reggae vocal group from Jamaica
  • Congo (album), 1979
• "Congo" (song), by Genesis, 1997
• Kongos (band), a South African American band

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

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• Congo (novel), a 1980 novel by Michael Crichton
  • Congo (film), a 1995 film based on the novel
• Congo (chess variant), using a 7×7 gameboard
• Congo (pinball), a 1995 pinball machine
• Congo (TV series), a 2001 nature documentary
• Congo – A Political Tragedy, a 2018 documentary film
• Congo: The Epic History of a People, a 2010 book by David van Reybrouck
• Kongo (film), a 1932 American film

People

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• Edwin Congo (born 1976), Colombian footballer
• Louis Congo (fl. 1725), emancipated slave appointed public executioner of French Louisiana
• Richard Congo (born 1961), American basketball player
• Cheick Kongo (born 1975), French mixed martial arts fighter and kickboxer
• John Kongos (born 1945), South African singer and songwriter
• Kongo Kong, wrestling ring name of Steven Wilson (born 1979)

Other uses

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• Congo (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee who learned how to draw and paint
• Congo (loa), a voodoo spirit
• Congo Airways, the flag carrier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Congo Airlines, a former airline
• HMS Congo (1816), a Royal Navy ship
• Conference of NGOs (CoNGO), a membership association of non-governmental organizations
• Kongo University, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Congo Brands, the manufacturer of Prime (drink)
• Congoid, an outdated historical grouping of various people

See also

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• All pages with titles beginning with Congo
• All pages with titles containing Congo
• All pages with titles beginning with Kongo
• All pages with titles containing Kongo
• Conga (disambiguation)
• Congolese (disambiguation)
• King Kong (disambiguation)
• Kongo (disambiguation)
• Kongō (disambiguation)
• Kongolo (disambiguation)

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