| LC control no. | n 80061022 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Variant(s) | Congo DR Congo (Kinshasa) Congo (Leopoldville) Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Kongo DR Congo DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) DRK (Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Kongo) Kongo R.D. Congo RD Congo RDC (République démocratique du Congo) Republic of Congo (Leopoldville) Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) République démocratique du Congo République du Congo (Leopoldville) |
| See also | Belgian Congo Zaire |
| Other standard no. | Q974 134864542 c_8500 23662 31480 1208723 C43 203312 1000159 0000000122899107 D015023 d1733e16-9064-3181-961d-d56f8599969b 17742-6 concept702 |
| Beginning date | 1960-06-30 1997-05-16 |
| Ending date | 1971-10-27 |
| Associated place | Africa Africa, Central Great Lakes Region (Africa) Africa, French-speaking French-speaking countries |
| Special note | Valid for the period July 1960-Oct. 1971 and May 1997- URIs added to 3XX and/or 5XX fields in this record for the PCC URI MARC Pilot. Please do not remove or edit these URIs. |
| Found in | Moniteur congolais. LC manual cat. (hdg.: Congo (Democratic Republic); info: the Belgian Congo became independent on June 30, 1960 as the République du Congo, commonly identified as Congo (Leopoldville) at U.N. and by others to distinguish it from its neighbor Congo (Brazzaville); the previous LC hdg. Congo (Leopoldville) was changed to Congo (Democratic Republic) after the name of Leopoldville was changed to Kinshasa in July 1966; in Oct. 1971 the name of the country was changed to Zaire) Foreign names info. bull., May 30, 1997 (former name: Zaire, Republic of [conventional]; République du Zaïre [French]; new name: Congo, Democratic Republic of the [conventional]; République démocratique du Congo [French]) Le DCK legue son message á la RDC, 1999: p. 11, passim (République Démocratique du Congo) Grands lacs, 2002: t.p. (RDC) p. 75 (République démocratique du Congo) Electoral perspectives and the process of democratisation in the DRC, 2002: p. 5 (Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)) Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Kongo, 2003: t.p. verso (DRK) Wikipedia, July 12, 2006 (Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: République Démocratique du Congo), also referred to as DRC, DR Congo, Congo, and Congo-Kinshasa, and formerly Zaire (or Zaïre in French)) Territoires ethniques et territoires étatiques, c2006: t.p. (R.D. Congo) UNESCO thesaurus, via WWW, June 11, 2020 (Congo DR. BT Central Africa; French speaking Africa) <http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept702> |
| Geographic area code | f-cg--- CD COD |
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