Belgian Congo (1930's - 1960)
CONGO (1960 - 1971)
Congo is a name shared by two neighbouring countries in Central Africa,
largely drained by the Congo River and usually distinguished by their full official
names and occasionally by adding their capital cities:
- The Republic of the Congo (ROC), also known as
"Congo-Brazzaville" and locally as "Braza".
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, DR Congo
or "Congo-Kinshasa", is the larger of the two countries. It was once the personal
property of King Leopold II of Belgium, when it was
known as the "Congo Free State", and later a Belgian colony when it was renamed
the "Belgian Congo" (this page).
It was known as Zaire from 1971 to 1997.
In the 1960's, the countries were sometimes distinguished by referring to the Republic of Congo as "Congo" and to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as "The Congo".
Democratic Republic of CONGO Source Wikipedia.org