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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Page history last edited by Tiegan Kroeker 12 years ago

Democratic Republic of the Congo By: Tiegan 7-2

          Democratic Republic of the Congo is in central Africa, it is the third largest country in Africa. There are about 71 million people living in the Congo. In the Congo there are four main groups of the people that live there, they are the Kongo, Sangha, M’Bochi and Téké.For clothing the girls usually wear dresses with lots of very bright and colourful patterns and boys wear pants and a shirt that are also bright and colourful with many patterns.

 

            For entertainment people in the Congo usually play lots of sports, sing, dance, draw and lots more. There are a lot of famous people that live there but the main ones are Luba, Moise Kapenda Tshombe, Joseph Kasavubu, Immaculee Birheka and Laurnet Kabila. Luba is famous for being and emperor, Moise Kapenda Tshombe is famous for being president of the province Katange, Joseph Kasavubu was the first president of the Congo, Immaculee Birheka gave women rights and Laurnet Kabila is famous for being the president in the national football stadium.

 

            French is the main language in Democratic Republic of the Congo but other languages that are also spoken there are Kikongo, Lingala and Monokutba. Roman Catholic is the main religion in Congo. People in the Congo typically eat things like sweet potatoes, bananas, fish, rice, fruit, nuts, bread and beans.

 

            The typical jobs in Congo are making footwear, soft drink factories, chemical plants, construction and soap making plants. The government is all ways transitional. About 78% of kids go to school but more boys than girls. There is a lot of AIDS and HIV there, AIDS make everyone live for a shorter period of time men usually live until they are 42 and women now usually live until they are 47.

 

            The Congo is rated 140 out of 177 on the UNDP poverty cart and 34% of people are living below the standard poverty line. Two percent of land is good for farming and 30% of their food comes from importing. Only eight percent of people living there have access to clean, safe drinking water.

 

           

UNESCO, Ending extreme poverty in the Congo and Helping women survivors of war rebuild your life are all part of organizations that help Democratic Republic of the Congo.

 

Some interesting facts about this country are:

1-      30.4% of people under the age of six die with malnutrition.

2-      Before the country’s name was Zaire

3-      The Congo is ¼ the size of the United States of America

4-      It is the 11th largest country in the world

5-      Congo is one of the poorest countries

 

Someone would want to visit Congo because it is very beautiful country, it has very nice people and it has a very good culture that you could learn about. Some reasons why you wouldn't want to visit this country is that not great accses of drinking water and it is dangourous.

 

 

 



 

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