Bas-Congo Province

Kongo Central, formerly Bas-Congo, is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is .
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  • Type: Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with 3,800,000 residents
  • Description: province of the democratic republic of Congo
  • Also known as: “Bas-Congo”, “Bas-Congo province”, “Kongo Central”, “Kongo-Central”, “Lower Congo”, “Lower Zaire”, “Province du Kongo Central”, and “Région du Bas-Zaïre”
  • Historically known as: “Congo Centrale” and “Kongo Centrale”
  • Neighbors:

Bas-Congo Province

Latitude
-5.3333° or 5° 20′ south
Longitude
14.3333° or 14° 20′ east
Population
3,800,000
Elevation
270 metres (886 feet)
Open location code
6F6PM88M+M8
Geo­Names ID
2317277
Wiki­data ID
Q1043494
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Bas-Congo Province” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ባስ-ኮንጎ”
  • Arabic: “الكونغو الوسطى”
  • Armenian: “Կենտրոնական Կոնգո”
  • Armenian: “Ներքին Կոնգո”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aşağı Kongo”
  • Basque: “Kongo-Central”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Ніжняе Конга”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Цэнтральнае Конга”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральнае Конга”
  • Bengali: “বাস-কঙ্গো”
  • Breton: “Kongo Central”
  • Bulgarian: “Централно Конго”
  • Catalan: “Província del Baix Congo”
  • Cebuano: “Province du Bas-Congo”
  • Chinese: “下刚果”
  • Chinese: “下刚果省”
  • Chinese: “下剛果省”
  • Chinese: “中刚果省”
  • Chinese: “中剛果省”
  • Chinese: “刚果中央省”
  • Croatian: “Kongo Central”
  • Czech: “Kongo Central”
  • Danish: “Bas-Congo province”
  • Danish: “Kongo Central”
  • Dutch: “Beneden-Congo”
  • Dutch: “Centraal-Kongo”
  • Dutch: “Kongo Central”
  • Dutch: “Kongo-Central”
  • Dutch: “Neder-Congo”
  • Esperanto: “Bas-Kongo, malsupra Kongo (1997-2015)”
  • Esperanto: “Bas-Zaire, malsupra Zairio (1971-1997)”
  • Esperanto: “etúka ya Kongó na Katikati”
  • Esperanto: “kizûnga Kôngo ya Kati”
  • Esperanto: “Kongó na Katikati”
  • Esperanto: “Kôngo ya Kati”
  • Esperanto: “Kongo-Central”
  • Esperanto: “mkoa wa Kongo Kati”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Kongo Centra”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Kongo Centra”
  • Esperanto: “provinco suba Kongo”
  • Estonian: “Alam-Kongo provints”
  • Estonian: “Kesk-Kongo provints”
  • Estonian: “Kesk-Kongo”
  • Finnish: “Keski-Kongo”
  • French: “Bas-Congo”
  • French: “Bas-Zaïre”
  • French: “Kongo central”
  • French: “Kongo Central”
  • Galician: “Kongo-Central”
  • Georgian: “ცენტრალური კონგოს პროვინცია”
  • German: “Bas-Congo”
  • German: “CD-BC”
  • German: “Kongo Central”
  • German: “Kongo-Central”
  • German: “Zentralkongo”
  • Greek: “Μπας-Κονγκό”
  • Gujarati: “બાસ-કોંગો પ્રાંત”
  • Hausa: “Bas-Congo”
  • Hebrew: “באס קונגו”
  • Hebrew: “קונגו סנטרל”
  • Hindi: “बा-कोंगो प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “बास-कांगो प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Alsó-Kongó”
  • Hungarian: “Kongói Központi tartomány”
  • Indonesian: “Kongo Central”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Kongo Central”
  • Italian: “Kongo Central”
  • Italian: “provincia del Basso Congo”
  • Italian: “provincia del Congo Centrale”
  • Italian: “Provincia del Congo Centrale”
  • Japanese: “コンゴ中央州”
  • Japanese: “バ・コンゴ”
  • Japanese: “バ・コンゴ州”
  • Javanese: “Bas-Congo”
  • Kannada: “ಬಾಸ್-ಕಾಂಗೋ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Төменгі Конго”
  • Kirghiz: “Төмөнкү Конго”
  • Kongo: “Kongo ya Kati”
  • Kongo: “Kôngo ya Kati”
  • Korean: “바콩고 주”
  • Korean: “중앙콩고주”
  • Latvian: “Centrālā Kongo”
  • Latvian: “Centrālās Kongo province”
  • Lingala: “Bas-Congo”
  • Lingala: “Kɔ́ngɔ ya Nsé”
  • Lithuanian: “Vidurinis Kongas”
  • Lithuanian: “Vidurio Kongas”
  • Lithuanian: “Žemutinis Kongas”
  • Lithuanian: “Žemutinis Zayras”
  • Luba-Lulua: “Kongo Central”
  • Luba-Lulua: “Tshimenga tshia Bas-Congo”
  • Macedonian: “Долно Конго”
  • Macedonian: “Централно Конго”
  • Malay: “Bas-Congo province”
  • Malay: “Bas-Congo”
  • Marathi: “बस-कांगो प्रांत”
  • Mingrelian: “ცენტრალური კონგოშ პროვინცია”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kongo-Central”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kongo Central”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kongo-Central”
  • Norwegian: “Kongo Central”
  • Oromo: “Bas-Congo”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਾਸ-ਕਾਂਗੋ”
  • Persian: “پایین کنگو”
  • Persian: “کنگو مرکزی”
  • Polish: “Centralne Kongo”
  • Polish: “Dolne Kongo”
  • Polish: “Dolny Zair”
  • Polish: “Kongo Central”
  • Polish: “Kongo Centralne”
  • Polish: “Kongo Środkowe”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Kongo Central”
  • Polish: “Środkowe Kongo”
  • Portuguese: “Baixo Congo”
  • Portuguese: “Congo Central”
  • Pushto: “باس - کانګو”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Kongo Central”
  • Russian: “Нижнее Конго”
  • Russian: “Центральное Конго”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kongo Central”
  • Sinhala: “බස්-කොංගෝ පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Bas-Congo”
  • Slovak: “Centrálne Kongo”
  • Slovak: “Dolné Kongo”
  • Slovak: “Kongo Central”
  • Slovenian: “Kingo Central”
  • Slovenian: “Osrednji Kongo”
  • Slovenian: “Pokrajina Bas-Congo”
  • Somali: “Bas-Congo”
  • Spanish: “Bajo Congo”
  • Spanish: “Bas Congo”
  • Spanish: “Kongo Central”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Congo Central”
  • Swahili: “Bas-Congo”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kongo Kati”
  • Swedish: “Bas-Zaire”
  • Swedish: “Bas-Zaïre”
  • Swedish: “Kongo central”
  • Swedish: “Kongo-Central”
  • Tajik: “Конго-Поён”
  • Tamil: “பஸோ -காங்கோ மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Аска Конго”
  • Tatar: “Үзәк Конго”
  • Telugu: “బాస్-కాంగో ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “బాస్-కాంగో రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดบาสคองโก”
  • Turkish: “Aşağı Kongo Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Bas-Congo”
  • Ukrainian: “Нижнє Конго”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральне Конго”
  • Urdu: “زیریں-کانگو”
  • Uzbek: “Pastki Kongo”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung Kongo”
  • Walloon: “Province do Kongo central”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kongo Central”
  • Welsh: “Rhanbarth Bas-Congo”
  • Wu Chinese: “下刚果省”
  • Wu Chinese: “中刚果省”
  • Yue Chinese: “中剛果省”
  • Zulu: “Kongo Central”
  • “Bas-Congo”

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