DRC

CAPITAL

MAJOR CITIES

FLAG

• The flag has a yellow and red stripes with blue background with a star in the top left corner. The blue represents peace and hope, the red stripe stands for the blood of the country’s martyrs, the yellow stripe is the country’s wealth prosperity the star symbolizes unity and the brilliant future of the country

MAJOR RELIGIONS

• The major religions in DRC are Buddhism, Islam, Jainism, Shinto, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Taoism, Jainism, Shinto, Agnosticism, Animism, Atheism, Wicca, Catholic Church

GOVERNMENT

• The Democratic Republic of Congo type of government is republic

Moambe

• national dish consisting of chicken or fish with cassava leaves, hot peppers, sauce, bananas, rice, peanuts,fish, chicken and Palm nuts.

CHIKWANGA

• Cassava cooked and stored in banana leaves

FUFU

• A sticky, dough like staple made from cassava flour

ETHNIC GROUPS

• DRC ethnic groups are Luba, Mongo, Kongo, Mangbetu, Moru, Zande, Pygmies, European Congolese

HOLIDAYS

• Hero’s day (Patrice Lubumba)
• Labour day
• Liberation day
• Independence Day

CURRENCY

ANIMALS

• Chimpanzees, cross river gorilla, mountain gorilla, African elephant, African forest elephant, western lowland gorilla, gorilla, eastern low land elephant, bonobo

GOODS

• Lots of diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, timber, and coffee

CLIMATE

• The climate of the DRC is hot and humid in the river basin it’s cold and dry, with a cold, Alpine climate in the Ruwenzori Mountains

MOST POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES OF DRC

• Democratic Republic of the Congo has a lot of cool animals like gorillas. In the DRC the gorillas live in zoo’s or in the forest. The DRC has nearly 250 languages and over 200 ethnic groups. Democratic Republic of Congos biggest stars are the musician Kaffi Olomide. The Democratic Republic of Congo is a wonderful place to live

NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES

• Cameroun
• Gabon
• Kongo central
• Sub-ubangi