Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- CD
- ISO alpha-3
- COD
- ISO numeric
- 180
- FIPS 10-4
- CG
- GeoNames ID
- 203312
Key facts
- Capital
- Kinshasa
- Area
- 2,345,410 km²
- Population
- 84,068,091
- Currency
- Franc (CDF)
- Calling code
- +243
- Top-level domain
- .cd
- Official languages
- fr-CD,ln,ktu,kg,sw,lua
Continent
- Name
- Africa
- Code
- AF
- In this dataset
- 58 countries
Location
- Latitude
- -2.5
- Longitude
- 23.5
- Min latitude
- -13.45835052399994
- Min longitude
- 12.210541212000066
- Max latitude
- 5.375280253000085
- Max longitude
- 31.280446818000087
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/CD?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 2345410,
"capital": "Kinshasa",
"continent_code": "AF",
"currency_code": "CDF",
"iso3_code": "COD",
"iso_code": "CD",
"name": "Democratic Republic of the Congo",
"population": 84068091
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/CD/regions/v1/cities?country=CD/v1/postal-codes?country=CD/v1/timezones?country=CD
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- الكونغو - كينشاسا
- Chinese
- 扎伊尔
- English
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- French
- République Démocratique du Congo
- German
- Demokratische Republik Kongo
- Hindi
- कांगो (डीआरसी)
- Italian
- Repubblica Democratica del Congo
- Japanese
- コンゴ民主共和国
- Korean
- 콩고-킨샤사
- Portuguese
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Russian
- Заир
- Spanish
- República Democrática del Congo
- Total language variants
- 217
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Africa/Kinshasa | UTC+01:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Africa/Lubumbashi | UTC+02:00 | UTC+02:00 |
First-level administrative regions
- Province de l’Équateur
- East Kasai
- Kwilu
- Province du Nord-Kivu
- Ituri
- Province du Haut-Katanga
- South Kivu Province
- Province du Kongo Central
- Kasai Province
- Haut-Lomani
- Lualaba
- Tanganika
- Lomami
- Kasaï-Central
- Kwango
- Province du Sud-Ubangi
- Tshopo
- Haut Uele
- Mongala
- Mai Ndombe
- Province du Maniema
- Province du Nord-Ubangi
- Sankuru
- Tshuapa
24 of 26 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Kinshasa | 16,000,000 |
| Lubumbashi | 2,221,925 |
| Mbuji-Mayi | 2,101,332 |
| Kananga | 1,247,168 |
| Kisangani | 1,181,788 |
| Bukavu | 816,811 |
| Kolwezi | 790,248 |
| Likasi | 635,768 |
| Tshikapa | 634,529 |
| Kikwit | 509,367 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 37,236
- First-level regions
- 26
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 217
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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