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Nearly 80 percent of the country’s two and half million people (1994) currently reside in the south between Brazzaville and Point Noire. In 1994 more than 40 percent of the population resided in the capital, Brazzaville. The sparsely populated northeastern two-thirds of the country currently contain 20 percent of the population. Congo is now one of the continent’s most urbanized countries.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Congo,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2000.</ref> | Nearly 80 percent of the country’s two and half million people (1994) currently reside in the south between Brazzaville and Point Noire. In 1994 more than 40 percent of the population resided in the capital, Brazzaville. The sparsely populated northeastern two-thirds of the country currently contain 20 percent of the population. Congo is now one of the continent’s most urbanized countries.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Congo,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2000.</ref> | ||
=== History === | === History === | ||
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the southernmost country located in Central Africa. It is sometimes referred to by its former name of Zaire, which was its official name between 1971 and 1997. The DRC borders the Central African Republic to the north; South Sudan to the northeast; Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania to the east; Zambia to the south; Angola to the southwest; and the Republic of the Congo and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. | The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the southernmost country located in Central Africa. It is sometimes referred to by its former name of Zaire, which was its official name between 1971 and 1997. The DRC borders the Central African Republic to the north; South Sudan to the northeast; Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania to the east; Zambia to the south; Angola to the southwest; and the Republic of the Congo and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. | ||
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