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Either of two countries in Africa, which derive their name from the Congo River which defines the border between them:

Republic of the Congo (ROC), also known as Congo-Brazzaville (and locally as Brazza), is the smaller of the two countries and lies to the west. It was called the People's Republic of Congo from 1970 to 1992.
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on the east, is today commonly abbreviated as DRC or DR Congo and sometimes is called "Congo-Kinshasa". It was known as DRC from 1964-1971, then as Zaire from 1971-1997, and thereafter returned to the DRC name.

Congo or Kongo may also refer to:

Kingdom of Kongo (1400-1914), which today comprises parts of northern Angola, Cabinda, the Republic of the Congo, and the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kongo people, an ethnic group in both Congos and Angola, sometimes referred to as Congolese
Kongo language, sometimes called Kikongo, the Bantu language spoken by the Kongo people, and the base for the Kituba language

[edit] Historical names
Kongo dia Nlaza, small eastern kingdom absorbed into the Kingdom of Kongo in the 16th century

[edit] Historical names of the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC
Congo Free State, a corporate state 1885-1908, privately controlled by Leopold II, King of the Belgians through a dummy non-governmental organization, the Association Internationale Africaine.
Belgian Congo, former colony of Belgium 1908-1960, located in the present-day area of the DRC
Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), the name 1960-1964, in the area later known as the DRC
Zaire, known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1964-1971, then Zaire from 1971-1997, during which time the other Congo (ROC) was referred to simply as "Congo"

[edit] Historical names of the Republic of Congo, ROC
French Congo, the former French colony in 1880 in the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo (ROC), also known as central Congo. It was one of four territories of French Equatorial Africa.
Portuguese Congo, now the Angolan exclave of Cabinda (province), between the ROC and DRC.

[edit] Other African geography
Congo River, Africa's second longest river, and largest by discharge (volume of water). Includes the Congo Basin
Congo craton, an ancient and stable piece of continental crust
M'banza-Kongo, founded pre-1500s, also known as São Salvador (in Portuguese), is the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province
Kongo Central, the name of the former Bas-Congo province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

[edit] Japanese geography
Mount Kongo, a mountain in Osaka prefecture, Japan, which lends its name to a number of Japanese vessels

[edit] Japanese naval vessels
Japanese corvette Kongo (1877), naval vessel, active from 1877–1909
Kongo class battlecruiser, of the World War II era
Japanese battleship Kongo (1913-1945)
Kongo class destroyer , a class of warship operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Japanese destroyer Kongo (DDG-173), nameship of her class (1993-)

[edit] People
Cheick Kongo (b. 1975), mixed martial arts fighter
Kongo Masahiro (b. 1948), a former sumo wrestler
John Kongos (b. 1945), South African musician, leader of the band "Johnny Kongos and the G-Men"
Kid Congo Powers (b. 1960), American singer and guitarist

[edit] Entertainment
Congo (novel), 1980 book by Michael Crichton
Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj, a 1995 Sega Saturn video game based upon the 1995 Crichton film
Kongo, the main character within the Monkey Magic anime series
Kongo Jungle, a world from the video game Donkey Kong Country

[edit] Music
The Congos, a Jamaican reggae duo active since the 1970s
Heart of the Congos, 1977 roots reggae album by The Congos
"Congo" (song), a 1997 single by rock group Genesis
Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella, a UNESCO-recognized musical organization in Villa Mella, Dominican Republic
Congo, a genre of music from the Congos, also known as Soukous, Lingala, or African rumba

[edit] Film
The King of the Kongo, 1929 film serial by Mascot Pictures, the first to use sound
Kongo, a 1932 film starring such actors as Walter Huston, Lupe Velez, and Conrad Nagel
King of the Congo, 1952 film serial by Columbia Pictures
Congo (film), a 1995 movie based on Crichton's 1980 novel

[edit] Animals
Congo (chimpanzee), an ape that produced works of art in the 1950s
Congo Peafowl, a bird species
Congo, the common name for the venomous snake Agkistrodon piscivorus