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Congo vs Katanga - What's the difference?

congo | katanga |

As proper nouns the difference between congo and katanga

is that congo is the congo river while katanga is a region in southeastern congo, originally conquered by the congo free state (owned by the belgian king, not his european state) but administered as a corporate mining concession.

congo

English

(wikipedia Congo)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A country in Central Africa with Brazzaville as capital. Official name: Republic of the Congo.
  • A country in Central Africa with Kinshasa as capital. Official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • A large river in Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

    • Synonyms

    * (country with Brazzaville as capital) Congo-Brazzaville * (country with Kinshasa as capital) Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, (formerly) Zaire, Former Zaire

    Derived terms

    * Congolese

    See also

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    Anagrams

    * ----

    katanga

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A region in southeastern Congo, originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession.
  • Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony Congo.
  • Since 1933, a regular province, until 1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French.
  • In 1960 a unilaterally declared independent state; in 1961-63 reconquered by Congo and reorganized in three provinces until 1966; renamed Shaba 1972-1997 as part of president Mobutu's Zairization.

    • Derived terms

    * Katangese * East Katanga * North Katanga * South Katanga