République du Zaïre
Repubuliki ya Zaïre
Jamhuri ya Zaïre
Republic of Zaire¹
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1965–1997
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| Motto
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(French for "Justice - Peace - Work")
| Anthem
La Zaïroise
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| | Capital
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Kinshasa²
| | Language(s)
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French (Lingala, Kongo language, Swahili, Tshiluba were national languages)
| | Government
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Republic, de facto personal dictatorship
| | President
| | - 1965–1997
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Mobutu Sese Seko
| | Historical era
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Cold War
| | - Coup d'etat
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24 November, 1965
| | - Overthrow of Mobutu
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16 May, 1997
| | Area
| | - 1996
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2,345,410 km2 (905,568 sq mi)
| | Population
| | - 1996 est.
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46,498,539
| | Density
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19.8 /km2 (51.3 /sq mi)
| | Currency
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Franc until 1967
Zaïre from 1967
| | Internet TLD
| .zr |
| Calling code
| +243
| ¹ Renamed from "Democratic Republic of the Congo" ("République démocratique du Congo") on 27 October 1971
² Changed from Léopoldville in 1966
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