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Belgian Congo: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Congo Belge
Date 1908 - June 30, 1960

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Map of the Belgian Congo from 1908 to 1960, showing major rivers, lakes, cities, and surrounding territories in central Africa. The Congo River and its tributaries are prominently marked, with neighboring regions such as French Equatorial Africa, Angola, Uganda, Sudan, and Tanganyika Territory labeled. An inset highlights the location of Belgian Congo within the African continent.
A Belgian colonial officer in a pith helmet stands on a stone step addressing two barefoot Congolese men in front of a thatched building, with several people watching in the background.
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Topics

Related Places

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
capital at Kinshasa

Key People

Leopold II
Leopold II
king of Belgium
Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba
Congolese politician
Mobutu Sese Seko
Mobutu Sese Seko
president of Zaire
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Laurent Kabila
president of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kasavubu
Joseph Kasavubu
president of Congo
Akeley, Carl E.
Carl E. Akeley
American naturalist and explorer
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Gaston Eyskens
prime minister of Belgium
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Simon Kimbangu
African religious leader