!!!Republic of the Congo
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Upon independence in 1960, the former colony of French Congo became the Republic of the Congo.

The People's Republic of the Congo was a Marxist–Leninist one-party state from 1970 to 1991.

Multi-party elections have been held since 1992, although a democratically elected government was ousted in the 1997 Republic of the Congo Civil War and President Denis Sassou Nguesso has ruled for 26 of the past 36 years.


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*Republic of the Congo has largest boundary with Democratic Republic of the Congo   which is approximately 2410  km.
*Republic of the Congo has shortest boundary with Angola which is approximately 201  km.
*The largest export partner of Republic of the Congo is China.
*The largest import partner of Republic of the Congo is France.

!!National Facts
* The national dishes of Republic of the Congo are Poulet Moambé, Yassa etc.
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!References
#Text marked as italic is taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic of the Congo unter [CC|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at]