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Congo

Congo is the name of two countries in Central Africa:

• Republic of the Congo – sometimes known as "Congo-Brazzaville", the smaller one in the west, marked green on the map. A former French colony; see: French Equatorial Africa.
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) – sometimes known as "Congo-Kinshasa", the larger one in the east, marked red on the map. A former Belgian colony; see: Congo Free State.

Congo is also the name of:

• The Congo River, which drains both those two Central African countries.
• The basin of that river. The Congo and its subsidiaries run through the second largest rain forest area in the world, with only the Amazon Rainforest (much) larger. See: Congo River basin.
• In Vodun, a rather dull and lazy spirit was named Congo.
• A novel by Michael Crichton. For the book, see Congo (novel).
• A movie based on Crichton's novel; see Congo (movie)