Zaire

Vexilliger

• sovereign state in Middle Africa

Historical Dates

• colonised November 17, 1879
• established July 1, 1885
  Congo Free State established
• annexed November 15, 1908
  Annexed by Belgium
• independent since June 30, 1960
  Independence from Belgium
• renamed October 27, 1971
  Renamed to Republic of Zaire

Names

• eng Democratic Republic of the Congo official name
• eng Zaire official name
• fra République démocratique du Congo official name
• eng Congo-Kinshasa
• eng DR Congo
• fra RD Congo
• kon Repubilika ya Kongo Demokratiki
• lin Republiki ya Kongó Demokratiki
• lua Ditunga dia Kongu wa Mungalaata
• swa Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo