!!!Republic of the Congo %%image_right [{LeafletMap script='/scripts/leaflet/story-map.js' width='500' height='400' initmap('/storymap/congo.geojson','Congo, Republic of the','-1.000000','15.000000',contId,3); }] %% '' 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. '' *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. [{Image class='image_block' src='moambe.jpg' caption='Moambe \\Foto: source: [Wikicommons|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Chicken_moambe_with_French_fries_%2814792587921%29.jpg] unter [CC|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at]' alt='' width='450' height='338' popup='false'}] !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]