| LC control no. | n 80061021 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Congo Free State |
| Variant(s) | Congo Independent State État indépendant du Congo Independent State of the Congo Kongo Vrijstaat Onafhankelijke Congostaat |
| See also | International Association of the Congo Belgian Congo |
| Other standard no. | Q76048 151888151 |
| Associated place | Belgium |
| Special note | SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Congo (Democratic Republic). |
| Found in | Van constitutioneel monarch tot roofridder, 2007: t.p. (Kongo Vrijstaat, 1885-1908) Wikipedia, August 31, 2023 (The Congo Free State, also known as the Independent State of the Congo (French: État indépendant du Congo), was a large state and absolute monarchy in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908. It was privately owned by King Leopold II, the constitutional monarch of the Kingdom of Belgium. In legal terms, the two separate nations were in a "personal union". The Congo Free State was not a part of, nor did it belong to Belgium; Onafhankelijke Congostaat (Dutch); preceded by: International Association of the Congo; Luba Kingdom; Chokwe Kingdom; Yeke Kingdom; Tippu Tip's state; succeeded by: Belgian Congo) Wikipedia, August 31, 2023 (The Belgian Congo (French: Congo belge; Dutch: Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960; preceded by: Congo Free State; succeeded by: Republic of the Congo) |
| Geographic area code | f-cg--- |
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