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Congo, Kongo and Kongō may refer to:
[edit] A river, and two countries in Africa
[edit] Also in Africa
- Kongo people (Congolese), an ethnic group in the two Congo states and Angola
- Kongo language (Kikongo), a Bantu language spoken in the Congo region
- Kingdom of Kongo (1400–1914), covering parts of present-day Angola and the two Congo states
- Kongo dia Nlaza (until late in the 16th century), a former kingdom absorbed by the Kingdom of Kongo
- Portuguese Congo, now the Angolan exclave of Cabinda
- M'banza-Kongo, the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire province
- Kongo Central, the former Bas-Congo province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- French Congo, the former name of the French Equatorial Africa (before 1910) that included Ubangi-Shari-Chad and Middle Congo
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- Congo may apply to the following countries or regions: Cabinda, North Angola, Gabon, Central Africa, Chad, Rwanda and Burundi (Rwanda and Burundi were administered by the Belgian Congo).
- Congo may also apply to people groups in Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba and elsewhere.
[edit] Animal kingdom
[edit] In music and entertainment
- Congo, a 1980 novel by Michael Crichton
- Congo, a 1995 film based on Crichton's novel
- Congo, a 2001 BBC documentary film
- Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj, a 1995 Sega Saturn video game
- Kongo, a 1932 film starring Walter Huston, Lupe Velez, and Conrad Nagel
- Kongo, the main character in the Monkey Magic (TV series) anime series
- "Congo", a 1997 song by Genesis
- Kongo Jungle, setting of the Donkey Kong video game series.
- Congo Bongo, a 1983 arcade and video game
- The Congos, a Jamaican reggae duo
- Congo theme in Kings Dominion amusement park, Virginia USA, loosely associated with Central Africa
- Soukous (Congo), a genre of music from the Congo states
[edit] In other use
[edit] People with the family name
[edit] See also
