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ZAIRE
Democratic Republic of Congo GEOGRAPHY:
- Location:-------------------- Central Africa
- Area:
Total area:--- 2,345,410 sq km
Land area:--- 2,267,600 sq km - Capital
city:------------- Kinshasa
- Natural Resources:------------- Hard coal, soft coal, kaolin clay,
graphite
PEOPLE:
- Population:----------------- 49,000,511
- Literacy Rate:-------------- 77.3% of total population, (Males:86.6%, Females:67.7%)
- Languages:------------------
French (official), lingala(a lingua fraca trade language), kingwana(a dilect of kiswahili or swahili), kikongo, tshiluba.
- Religions:------------------ 50% roman catholic, 20% protestans, 10% kimbanguist, 10% muslim,
10% other syncretic sects & traditional beliefs.
VITAL STATISTICS:
- Birth
Rate:------------- 48.1 (per 1,000 population)
- Death Rate:------------- 16.9 (per 1,000 population)
- Infant Mortality Rate:------------ 108 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
- Fertility Rate:-------------- 6.64 (per woman)
- Life Expectancy at Birth:
Total population:--- 46.7 (Males:44.97, Females:48.47)
GOVERNMENT:
- Independence:----------------
June 30, 1960 (from Belgium)
- President:-------------- Joseph Kabila
ECONOMY:
- GDP:------------ purchasing power parity - $16.5 billion GDP real growth rate:---
7.4% GDP per capita:--- $400
- Inflation Rate:---------------- (consumer prices):
--- 12%
- National Budget:
Revenues:--- $479 million
Expenditures:---
$479 million - External Debt:-------------- $11.3 billion
- Currency:--------------
1 zaire = 100 makuta
- Labor Force:------------- 14.51
- Unemployment
Rate:------------- NA%
- Agriculture:---------------- Coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, quinine,
cassava (topioca), palm oil, bananas, root crops, corn, fruits; wood products
- Industries:----------------
Mining, mineral processing, consumer products (including textiles, footwear, cigarettes, processed foods and beverages), cement,
diamonds
- Imports:----------------- $382 million
Commodities:--- Consumer
goods, foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels. - Exports:-----------------
$382 million
Commodities:--- Copper, coffee, diamonds, cobalt, crude oil.
DEFENCE:
- Defence Expenditures:--------------- Exchange rate conversion - $46 million, 1.5% of GDP.
Geography:Zaire is in west central Africa
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