Congo-Brazzaville

Gross Domestic Product : $ 15.6 Billion Per Capita GDP- $ 3,900 Literacy Rate - 83.8% Life Expectancy: Males: 53.3 Females: 55.8 Infant Mortality Rate- 77.9 per 1000 Arable Land- 1% Population Density- 31.3 per sq mi. HIV/AIDS rate- 3.5% Number of people living with HIV/AIDS- 77,000 % of people with access to safe drinking water- 50% Climate
Congo-Brazzaville has a tropical-rainy climate from March to June. Then from June to October theres a dry season. Usually the temperatures are high and very humid.

Flag Description
The green part of the flag stands for the farming and the forests in Congo-Brazzaville. The yellow stands for the nobility and friendship of the people in Congo-Brazzaville.Finally the red stands for the struggle of independence.

The Congo River

The Congo River is the 8th longest river in the world being 2,914 miles long. The Congo River gets about 90 inches of rain per year. The Congo river has 30 waterfalls, and thousands of islands (about 50 of the island are more than 10 miles in length.) People use the river for transportation, farming, and fishing. Some of the crops there are peanuts, cotton, tobacco, and sugar cane crops. The problem in the Congo River now, is that pollution is happening due to gasoline-powered barges.

Country Name Origin

Congo-Brazzaville was named after the 15th kingdom of Kongo which ruled on both sides of the Congo River. Also used to been known as Zaire.

This is a fish dinner commonly eaten in Congo-Brazzaville during dinnertime. The culture in Congo-Brazzaville has food taboos. In Congo-Brazzaville it is forbidden to eat meat from someones totem.

This are the houses people in Congo-Brazzaville commonly live in.90% of houses are privately owned. People usually rent their house on a long time basis.

The currency in Congo-Brazzaville is CFA Franc. The currency is common in Gabon,Chad,Cameroon, Central African Republic,and Equatorial Guinea. USA dollars can be exchanged for GFA Franc.