What country was originally the Belgian Congo?

Question

What country was originally the Belgian Congo?

Answer 1

Democratic Republic of the Congo was formerly the Belgian Congo.

Answer 2

Zaire, or the Republic of the Congo, large country on the equator, about 1/5 size of US.  Capital is Kinsasha.  Not to be confused with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, just to the north of it.

Answer 3

It was formally under Belgian rule.

Belgian Congo---then Republic of the Congo-then Republic of the Zaire--then The Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Answer 4

From 1885-1908, the territory was under the personal control of King Leopold II of Belgium and was known as the Congo Free State. It became a colony of Belgium in 1908 and was then known as the Belgian Congo until 1960, when it gained independence and took the name Republic of the Congo. In 1964 it became the Democratic Republic of the Congo (to differentiate it from its neighbour to the north which had gained independence and adopted the name "Republic of the Congo"). In 1971, Mobutu renamed the country "Republic of Zaire". Following his overthrow in 1997, the country again became Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Answer 5

the democratic republic of the congo

Answer 6

The Belgian Congo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between King Leopold II's formal relinquishment of personal control over the state to Belgium on 15 November 1908, and the dawn of Congolese independence on 30 June 1960