Congo Explained

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

Africa

• Congo Canyon, a submarine canyon
• 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)
• Kongo, Ghana, town in Ghana
• Kongo, Liberia, small town in Liberia

Former colonies

• 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

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

Elsewhere

• 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

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

Arts and entertainment

Music

• 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

• 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
• , a 2010 book by David van Reybrouck
• Kongo (1932 film), an American film

People

• 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

• 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
• , 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)

See also

• • • • • Conga (disambiguation)
• Congolese (disambiguation)
• King Kong (disambiguation)
• Kongo (disambiguation)
• Kongō (disambiguation)
• Kongolo (disambiguation)
• Congoid, an outdated historical grouping of various people
• Kakongo, former kingdom