Res Publica Democratica Congensis: Civitas

Caput est urbs Kinshasa. Claritatis causa, civitas Congo Kinshasa et Congo olim Belgica etiam appellatur, eo quod binae sunt civitates Africanae nomine Congo notae, quae eorum nomina a flumine Congo deducunt. Praeses nunc est Felix Tshisekedi.

Res publica democratica Congensis

Res apud Vicidata repertae:

Terra continens: Africa
Territoria finitima: Respublica Africae Mediae, Sudania Australis, Uganda, Ruanda, Burundia, Tanzania, Zambia, Angolia, Res publica Congensis, Sudania, Cameronia, Ruanda
Locus:
Caput: Kinshasa

Gestio

res publica
Princeps: Felix Tshisekedi
Praefectus: Sylvester Ilunga
Consilium: Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Populus

Numerus: 86 790 567
Sermo publicus: Francogallice
Zona horaria: UTC+1, UTC+2
Moneta: Congolese franc

Commemoratio

Paean: Debout Congolais

Sigla

ISO CD, COD, 180; IOC COD
Dominium interretiale: .cd
Praefixum telephonicum: +243
Siglum autoraedarum: CGO

Tabula aut despectus

Nomen Reipublicae Democraticae Congensis ad flumen Congo (alterum nomen: flumen Zairum), totam civitatem transfluens, respicit. Fluminis ipsius nomen de lingua Bantuensi Kongo (sive Kikongo). Nomina civitatis pristina quoque nexus cum flumine ostendabant: Status liber Congensis (1885—1908), Congo Belgicae (1908—1960), Res publica Congensis (1960—1964, etiam "Congo et Leopoldopolis"), Res publica democratica Congensis (1964—1971), et Res publica Zairum (1971—1997). Verbum Zairum ipsum de verbo Congensi nzadi derivatum est. Nzadi signifcat "flumen", Zairi commutatio Lusitana est.

Res publica democratica Congensis e viginti sex provinciis constituta est. Praecipuae urbes sunt Kinshasa (8 096 254 incolarum), Mbuji-Mayi (806 475), Lubumbashi (851 381), Kisangani (417 517), et Bukavu (201 569).

Provinciae

Dividitur Res publica democratica Congensis in provincias, cum una provincia urbana Kinshasae et viginti quinque aliarum. Provinciae ipsae iterum in centum quadraginta quinque territoriorum et triginta duae urbium dividuntur:

	1. Kinshasa	14. Ituri Province
	2. Congum Medium	15. Uele Superius
	3. Kwango	16. Tshopo
	4. Kwilu	17. Uele Inferius
	5. Mai et Ndombe	18. Ubangi Septentrionale
	6. Kasai	19. Mongala
	7. Kasai Medium	20. Ubangi Australe
	8. Kasai Orientale	21. Aequatorium
	9. Lomami	22. Tshuapa
	10. Sankuru	23. Tanganyika
	11. Maniema	24. Lomami Superius
	12. Kivu Australe	25. Lualaba
	13. Kivu Septentrionale	26. Katanga Superius

Montes

• Montes Lunae in confinio Ugandensi
• Mons Nyragongus (ignifer), 3470 metra

Flora et fauna

 

Civitatis silvis pluvialibus diversitas biologica magna est, includens species rarae et endemicae multae, ut panos troglodytae (in Indice Rubro IUCN indicatum), panos panisci, loxodontae cyclotis (elephanti silvestris Africani), gorillae montani, okapiae (sive giraffae montanae), et rhinoceri albi.

Quinque saeptorum nationalium civitatis patrimonio totius mundi attribuuntur: saeptum nationale Garamabe, saeptum nationale et Kahuzi et Biegae, saeptum nationale Salongae, saeptum nationale Virungae, reservatum faunae Okapiarum.

Civitas est res publica democratica praesidentialis. Anno 2003 constitutione transitionali legislatura duorum conciliorum (→bicameralismus) instituta est: Senatus et congressus.

Sermones

 

Lingua Francogallica est sermo publicus; homines autem aliis 210 sermonibus quotidie utuntur. Linguae nationales sunt: Kituba, Lingala, Luba et Kasai, lingua Suahelica.

Greges ethnici

Incolae Reipublicae Democraticae Congensis de gregibus ducentibus constitutae sunt, inter eas grex Bantuensium maximus est. Anno 2018 numerus omnium incolarum octoginta quattuor millionum aestimatus est.

A saeculo XIV terrae Congenses occidentales pars regni Congi fuerunt. Saeculo XV exeunte Lusitani hic advenerunt, et saeculo XIX Francogalli. Respublica Democratica Congensis fuit colonia personalis Leopoldi II regis Belgarum (Status Liber Congum tunc nominabatur), et usque ad annum 1960 colonia Belgica mansit. Ab anno 1965 usque ad annum 1997, Iosephus Mobutu munus praesidis (vere a nonnullis dictator habitus) sustinuit.

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  Leopoldus II, Rex Belgiarum.
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  Visus circa annum 1928.
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  Milites circa annum 1943.

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