located_in Central Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo A country of central Africa. It borders the Central African Republic and Sudan on the north, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi on the east, Zambia and Angola on the south, the Republic of the Congo on the west, and is separated from Tanzania by Lake Tanganyika on the east. The country enjoys access to the ocean through a 40 km stretch of Atlantic coastline at Muanda and the roughly 9 km wide mouth of the Congo river which opens into the Gulf of Guinea. Congo Kinshasa is now divided into 11 Provinces, to be redistributed into 25 Provinces from 2.2009. Each Province is divided into Zones. Belgian Congo Congo Free State Congo Kinshasa {alternative name} Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Leopoldville DR Congo GAZ GAZ:00001086 GAZ:00001086 ISO3166-1:180 ISO3166-1:CD ISO3166-1:COD ISO3166-2:CD Republique democratique de Congo Zaire Central Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo A country of central Africa. It borders the Central African Republic and Sudan on the north, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi on the east, Zambia and Angola on the south, the Republic of the Congo on the west, and is separated from Tanzania by Lake Tanganyika on the east. The country enjoys access to the ocean through a 40 km stretch of Atlantic coastline at Muanda and the roughly 9 km wide mouth of the Congo river which opens into the Gulf of Guinea. Congo Kinshasa is now divided into 11 Provinces, to be redistributed into 25 Provinces from 2.2009. Each Province is divided into Zones. Belgian Congo Congo Free State Congo Kinshasa {alternative name} Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Leopoldville DR Congo GAZ GAZ:00001086 GAZ:00001086 ISO3166-1:180 ISO3166-1:CD ISO3166-1:COD ISO3166-2:CD Republique democratique de Congo Zaire