Transport in the Republic of Congo includes land, air and water modes. Over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) of paved roads are in use. The two international airports...
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Zambia, Angola, the Cabinda exclave of Angola, and the South Atlantic Ocean. Centered on the Congo Basin, the territory of the DRC was first inhabited by Central...
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Congo-Cabinda border enters the Atlantic Ocean, Kouilou department Westernmost point — the point at which the border with Gabon enters the Atlantic Ocean...
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2022. "Air Atlantic Congo". rzjets. Retrieved 25 April 2022. "Air Congo (Brazzaville)". Airline History. Retrieved 25 April 2022. "Air Congo (Compagnie...
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General, CONARC, and Commander, Tactical Air Command, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The beginning of the Congo Crisis in mid 1960 shift planners' attention...
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EuroAtlantic Airways, legally EuroAtlantic Airways – Transportes Aéreos S.A., is a Portuguese Charter ACMI airline specialized in leasing and air charter...
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The Congo Basin (French: Bassin du Congo) is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known...
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Atlantic Ocean. Their range in the eastern Atlantic has been reliably established from Senegal to the Congo. Tarpons inhabiting the western Atlantic are...
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Congo Airways S.A. is the state-owned flag carrier airline of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). With a paid-up capital of US$90 million, it started...
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controlled by a holding company, Virgin Atlantic Limited, which is 51% owned by the Virgin Group and 49% by Delta Air Lines. It is administratively separate...
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transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has always been difficult. The terrain and climate of the Congo Basin present serious barriers to road...
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The Belgian Congo (French: Congo belge, pronounced [kɔ̃ɡo bɛlʒ]; Dutch: Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence...
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NATO (redirect from Atlantic Alliance)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO /ˈneɪtoʊ/ NAY-toh; French: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance...
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DR Congo War, also known as Africa's World War, the Great War of Africa, or the Great African War, began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 2...
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Republic of the Congo (French: République populaire du Congo) was a Marxist–Leninist socialist state that existed in the Republic of the Congo from 1969 to...
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Agostinho-Neto International Airport (category Airports in the Republic of the Congo)
the Republic of Congo. The runway is surrounded by the densely populated city, and is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) inland from the Atlantic shore. The airport...
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Kinshasa (redirect from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
significant trading site where people from the Lower Congo (now Kongo Central Province) and South Atlantic Ocean exchanged salt for goods like iron, slaves...
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earliest known human settlements in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been dated back to the Middle Stone Age, approximately 90,000 years...
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officially the Republic of Zaire, was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 1997. Located in Central Africa, it was, by area, the third-largest...
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the Congo High: Margherita Peak 5,109 m (16,762 ft) Low: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m Land boundaries: 10,730 km Angola 2,511 km Republic of the Congo 2,410...
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MONUSCO (redirect from Mission de l' Organisation des Nations unies en République démocratique du Congo)
Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or MONUSCO, an acronym based on its French name Mission de l'Organisation...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo African Fiesta Agence nationale de renseignements Ahmat Acyl Air Congo Air Kasai Air Tropiques Air Zaïre Aka (Pygmy tribe)...
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coast of Cork, Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean killing all 307 passengers and 22 crew on board. On 17 December 2015, an Air India technician was killed in...
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topical guide to the Republic of the Congo: Republic of the Congo – also known as Congo-Brazzaville or the Congo, is a sovereign country located in Central...
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Georgian Airways (redirect from Air Zena Georgian)
4L-GAE) crashed at N'djili Airport, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, while flying at very low altitude in 'extremely inclement' weather. 32...
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The South Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command is a former United States Army Air Forces unit. It was organized in 1942 to ferry aircraft and transport...
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Sabena (section Belgian Congo)
the airline was partly funded by Belgians in the Belgian Congo colony who had lost their air service, an experimental passenger and cargo company (LARA)...
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1993 Zambia national football team plane crash (redirect from Gabon air disaster)
1993, a DHC-5 Buffalo transport aircraft of the Zambian Air Force crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Libreville, Gabon. The...
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is provided in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo (SNCC), the Société commerciale des transports...
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ITA Airways (redirect from Italy Air Transport S.p.A.)
Airlines Lufthansa Neos Qantas Swiss International Air Lines Trenitalia (railway) Virgin Atlantic Vistara As of August 2024[update], ITA Airways operates...
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