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Kinshasa ( formerly Leopoldville ( or Dutch )) is the ___MASK97___ and the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . It is on the Congo River . Tanzania , officially the United ___MASK44___ of Tanzania , is a country in Eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region . Parts of the country are in Southern Africa . It is bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north ; Rwanda , Burundi , and the Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo to the west ; Zambia , Malawi , and Mozambique to the south ; and by the Indian Ocean to the east . Mount Kilimanjaro , Africa ' s highest mountain , is in northeastern Tanzania . Africa is the world ' s second - largest and second - most - populous ___MASK18___ . At about 30 . 3 million km² ( 11 . 7 million square miles ) including adjacent islands , it covers 6 % of Earth ' s total surface area and 20 . 4 % of its total land area . With 1 . 1 billion people as of 2013 , it accounts for about 15 % of the world ' s human population . The ___MASK18___ is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north , both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast , the Indian Ocean to the southeast , and the Atlantic Ocean to the west . The ___MASK18___ includes Madagascar and various archipelagos . It contains 54 fully recognized sovereign states ( countries ), nine territories and two " de facto " independent states with limited or no recognition . The Inga Dams are ___MASK4___ hydroelectric dams connected to one of the largest waterfalls in the world , Inga Falls . They are located in the western Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo and 140 miles southwest of Kinshasa . The Congo River drops 96 metres ( 315 ft ) . Uganda ( or ), officially the ___MASK44___ of Uganda , is a landlocked country in East Africa . It is bordered to the east by Kenya , to the north by South Sudan , to the west by the Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo , to the south - west by Rwanda , and to the south by Tanzania . Uganda is the world ' s second most populous landlocked country after Ethiopia . The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of ___MASK73___ Victoria , shared with Kenya and Tanzania . Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region . Uganda also lies within the Nile basin , and has a varied but generally a modified equatorial climate . Inga Falls is a rapids 40 km from Matadi in the Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo where the Congo River drops 96 m ( 315 ft ) over the ___MASK13___ of 15 km ( 9 mi ). The Congo Basin is the ___MASK79___ of the Congo River , located in west equatorial Africa . The broad region is sometimes known simply as the Congo . Rapids are sections of a ___MASK91___ where the ___MASK91___ bed has a relatively steep gradient , causing an increase in ___MASK99___ velocity and turbulence . Zaire , officially the ___MASK44___ of Zaire was the name , between 1971 and 1997 , of a state in Central Africa which was later renamed the Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo , after the end of the Mobutu Sese Seko era . The state ' s name derived from the name of the Congo River , sometimes called " Zaire " in Portuguese , adapted from the Kongo word " nzere " or " nzadi " (" river that swallows all rivers "). Matadi is the chief ___MASK36___ port of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the capital of the Kongo Central province . It has a population of 245 , 862 ( 2004 ). Matadi is situated on the left bank of the Congo River from the mouth and below the last navigable point before rapids make the river impassable for a long stretch upriver . It was founded by Sir Henry Morton Stanley in 1879 . The Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo , also known as DR Congo , DRC , DROC , East Congo , Congo - Kinshasa , or simply the Congo is a country located in Central Africa . From 1971 to 1997 it was named , and is sometimes still called Zaire , and from 1908 to 1960 it was called the Belgian Congo . The DRC borders the Central African ___MASK44___ , and South Sudan to the north ; Uganda , Rwanda , Burundi and Tanzania to the east ; Zambia and Angola to the south ; the ___MASK44___ of the Congo to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest . It is the second - largest country in Africa by area and eleventh largest in the world . With a population of over 80 million , the Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo is the most populated officially Francophone country , the fourth most - populated nation in Africa and the eighteenth most populated country in the world . The Belgian Congo was a Belgian ___MASK33___ in Central Africa between 1908 and 1960 in what is now the Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo ( DRC ). A ___MASK3___ is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political ___MASK62___ . A ___MASK3___ may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state , as a non - sovereign or formerly sovereign political division , or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics . Regardless of the physical ___MASK62___ , in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League of Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945 , a resident of a ___MASK3___ is subject to the independent exercise of legal jurisdiction . The Atlantic ___MASK17___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s ___MASK41___ and about 29 percent of its ___MASK99___ ___MASK41___ area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". The Central African ___MASK44___ ( CAR ; Sango : " Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka "; , or "" ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa . It is bordered by Chad to the north , Sudan to the northeast , South Sudan to the east , the Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo and the ___MASK44___ of the Congo to the southwest and Cameroon to the west . The CAR covers a land area of about and had an estimated population of around 4 . 7 million . The Equator usually refers to an imaginary ___MASK20___ on the Earth ' s ___MASK41___ equidistant from the North ___MASK40___ and South ___MASK40___ , dividing the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere . The Equator is about long ; some 78 . 7 % lies across water and 21 . 3 % over land . Rwanda ( or ), officially the ___MASK44___ of Rwanda , is a sovereign state in central and east Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland . Located a few degrees south of the Equator , Rwanda is bordered by Uganda , Tanzania , Burundi and the Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo . Rwanda is in the African Great Lakes region and is highly elevated ; its ___MASK62___ is dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east , with numerous lakes throughout the country . The climate is temperate to subtropical , with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year . Angola , officially the ___MASK44___ of Angola (; Kikongo , Kimbundu and Umbundu : " Repubilika ya Ngola "), is a country in Southern Africa . It is the seventh - largest country in Africa and is bordered by Namibia to the south , the Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo to the north and east , Zambia to the east , and the Atlantic Ocean to west . The exclave ___MASK67___ of Cabinda has borders with the ___MASK44___ of the Congo and the Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo . The ___MASK97___ and largest city of Angola is Luanda . Boyoma Falls , formerly known as Stanley Falls , consists of ___MASK96___ cataracts , each no more than high , extending over more than along a curve of the Lualaba River between the river port towns of Ubundu and Kisangani / Boyoma in the Orientale ___MASK67___ of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The ___MASK44___ of Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa , neighbouring the Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo to the north , Tanzania to the north - east , Malawi to the east , Mozambique , Zimbabwe , Botswana and Namibia to the south , and Angola to the west . The ___MASK97___ city is Lusaka , in the south - central part of Zambia . The population is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the northwest , the core economic hubs of the country . Central Africa is a core ___MASK2___ of the African ___MASK18___ which includes Burundi , the Central African Republic , Chad , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , and Rwanda . Middle Africa ( as used by the United Nations when categorising geographic subregions ) is an analogous term that includes Angola , Cameroon , the Central African Republic , Chad , the Republic of the Congo , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , and São Tomé and Príncipe . All of the states in the UN subregion of Middle Africa , plus those otherwise commonly reckoned in Central Africa ( 11 states in total ), constitute the Economic Community of Central African States ( ECCAS ). Since its independence in 2011 , South Sudan has also been commonly included in the ___MASK2___ . Burundi ( or ), officially the ___MASK44___ of Burundi ( or ), is a landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa , bordered by Rwanda to the north , Tanzania to the east and south , and the Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo to the west . It is also considered part of Central Africa . Burundi ' s ___MASK97___ is Bujumbura . The southwestern border is adjacent to ___MASK73___ Tanganyika . The Lualaba ___MASK91___ flows entirely within the eastern Democratic ___MASK44___ of Congo . It is the greatest river source ( headstream ) of the Congo ___MASK91___ by volume of ___MASK99___ . The Lualaba is long . Its headwaters are in the country ' s far southeastern corner near Musofi and Lubumbashi in Katanga Province , next to Zambia . The Chambeshi ___MASK91___ is the longest river source ( headstream ) of the Congo . The Congo ___MASK91___ ( also known as the Zaire ___MASK91___ ) is a ___MASK91___ in Africa . It is the second largest ___MASK91___ in the world by discharge ( after the Amazon ), and the world ' s deepest ___MASK91___ with measured depths in excess of . The Congo - Chambeshi ___MASK91___ has an overall length of , which makes it the ninth - longest ___MASK91___ ( in terms of discharge , the Chambeshi is a ___MASK81___ of the Lualaba ___MASK91___ , Lualaba being the ___MASK53___ of the Congo ___MASK91___ upstream of the Boyoma Falls , extending for ___MASK93___ , 800 km ). Measured along the Lualaba , the Congo ___MASK91___ has a total length of . It crosses the equator twice . The Congo Basin has a total area of about 4 million km , or 13 % of the entire African landmass . The ___MASK44___ of the Congo , also known as the Congo ___MASK44___ , West Congo , Congo - Brazzaville or simply Congo , is a country located in Central Africa . It is bordered by ___MASK70___ countries : Gabon and the Atlantic Ocean to the west ; Cameroon to the northwest ; the Central African ___MASK44___ to the northeast ; the Democratic ___MASK44___ of the Congo to the east and south ; and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda to the southwest .