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Belgian Congo
Belgian colony in Central Africa (1908–1960), established after international pressure forced Belgium to annex the Congo Free State following King Leopold II's brutal personal rule; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Details
- Instance of
- colony, former administrative territorial entity
- Inception
- 15 November 1908
- Country
- Belgian Empire
- Continent
- Africa
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Area
- 2345410
- basic form of government
- colony
- category for maps or plans
- Category:Maps of Belgian Congo
- currency
- Congolese franc
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 30 June 1960
- native label
- Congo belge, Belgisch-Kongo
- replaces
- Congo Free State
- topic's main category
- Category:Belgian Congo
Connected on Wikidata
Subject of
- Template:Country data Belgian Congo
- Panorama of Congo
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Belgian Congo
- 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Belgian Congo
- De Congolees in Westerse en eigen Kunst, schilderijen van Floris Jespers
- How did we get AIDS?
- Colonialism in Africa helped launch the HIV epidemic a century ago
- Belgický kolonialismus v Africe
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