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Democratic Republic of the Congo  

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  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo, the second-largest country in Africa by area, is a central African country previously known as the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, and Zaire. (It is not to be confused with the Republic of the Congo, a neighboring country with shared history and culture.) More than 200 ethnic groups, most of them indigenous to Africa, live in the country. [Source: Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia; Congo, Democratic Republic of the]

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