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  • Title: Congo.
    Author: United States. Department of State. Bureau of Public Affairs.
    Journal: Backgr Notes Ser; 1988 Mar; ():1-6. PubMed ID: 12178010.
    Abstract:
    Background notes on the People's Republic of the Congo include geography, demography, government, economy, history, and foreign relations. The Congo extends from the western coast of central Africa in a northeastern direction along the north shore of the Congo River for 800 miles, and consists of tropical coastal plain, river valley, river basin flood plains, and central plateau. Much of the country is forested, and only 6% of the economy derives from farming. The population of 2 million is growing at 3.4% annually. There are 15 main ethnic groups. 80% attend school; literacy is estimated at 50-80%; infant mortality rate is 108/1000, and life expectancy is 61 years. 60% of the people live in urbanized areas, chiefly Brazzaville and Pointe Noire. Others live in remote villages, usually without road access. 25% are subsistence farmers. 50% are active in the monetary economy, mainly commerce, government, and light industry such as wood processing. The chief income commodities are offshore oil and timber. The government is a centralized people's republic based on Marxism, consisting of a president, a central committee, appointed regional commissioners, and an appointed supreme court. Congo adheres to a nonaligned foreign policy, and has relations with all communist nations and many Western countries.
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