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Belgian Congo media type="custom" key="4877625" ** Congo; it's the country almost dead center in Africa where the eqautor passes. It is 2,344,858 square kilometers in area. The amount of land to water is 2,344,048 square kilometers to 77,810 square kilometers. Active volcanoes are scattered about the country. They have many natural resources like the metals copper zinc and cobalt along with other things like petroleum coal and timber. Its Congo River floods seasonally and the climate is trpoical, typical for being at the equator. Both halves of the country have a wet and dry season at opposite times of the year from the tilt of the earth's axis.** There are 68,692,542 people in congo and of them over 200 ethnic groups. The majority are Bantu tribes. Four of the largest tribes are: Mongo, Luba, Kongo, and Mangbetu-Azande. The first three are all Bantu and the last is Hamitic. They all make up forty-five percent of the population. There is a large amount of religions that float around in Congo. They have, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Kimbanguist, Muslim, and some others including older indigenous beliefs. Half of the people are Roman Catholic while twenty percent are Protestant. The rest are all ten percent. The official language is French but then they also have Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo, and Shiluba for other various reasons. Back in 1908, Belgium took over Congo, this lasted until 1960. The land of the Congolese was reaped of almost every resource it held. Especially during World War II. During World War I, Belgian-Congo's plantations were heavily invested into by Americans and European countries.