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Population: 56625039
Area: 2345410km²
Capital: Kinshasa
Currency: New Zaire (ZRN)
Country dialing code: 243
Weights & Measures system: Metric
Electricity: 220V, 50Hz
Government type: semi-presedential republic
President: Joseph Kabila
Prime Minister: Antoine Gizenga

Religions:

Roman Catholic (50%), Protestant (20%), Kimbanguist (10%), Muslim (10%), other syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs (10%)

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