| LC control no. | n 80061025 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Zaire |
| Variant(s) | République du Zaïre Repubilika ya Zaïre Republíki ya Zaïre Jamhuri ya Zaïre Ditunga dia Zaïre زائير Заир Zair |
| See also | Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Other standard no. | 155858392 Q6500954 0000000106741211 concept749 |
| Beginning date | 1971-10-27 |
| Ending date | 1997-05-16 |
| Associated place | Africa Africa, Central Great Lakes Region (Africa) Africa, French-speaking French-speaking countries |
| Special note | Valid for the period October 1971-May 1997. SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Congo (Democratic Republic). Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | Boogaerts, M. Bibliographien ... 1969. 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]) Wikipedia, August 30, 2021 (Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire (French: République du Zaïre), was the name of a sovereign state between 1971 and 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Repubilika ya Zaïre (Kituba); Republíki ya Zaïre (Lingala); Jamhuri ya Zaïre (Swahili); Ditunga dia Zaïre (Luba-Lulua); Country renamed: 27 October 1971; Country renamed back following the First Congo War: 16 May 1997) Britannica online, August 30, 2021 (under Mobutu Sese Seko, president of Zaire: Congo became independent on June 30, 1960; As president, Mobutu moved to Africanize names. The name of the country was changed in October 1971 from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo [Kinshasa]) to the Republic of Zaire (the country reverted to its earlier name in 1997)) UNESCO thesaurus, August 30, 2021 (Zaire. Broader Concept: Central Africa; French speaking Africa. Scope Note: Use for events before May 1997, otherwise, use "Congo DR". In other languages: زائير = Zāʼīr (Arabic); Zaïre (French); Заир = Zair (Russian); Zaire (Spanish)) <http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept749> |
| Geographic area code | f-cg--- |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 85149553 |
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