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'''Congo''', '''Kongo''', or '''Kongō''' may refer to:
== In Africa ==
*[[Congo River]], an African river
*[[Republic of the Congo]], an African country to the west of the Congo River
**[[French Congo]] (1880-1910)
*[[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], an African country to the east of the Congo River
**[[Congo Free State]] (1885-1908)
**[[Belgian Congo]] (1908-1960)
**[[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)]] (1960-1964)
**[[Zaire]] (1971 – 1997)
*[[Kingdom of Kongo]] (1400-1914), which comprised parts of present-day Angola, Cabinda, the Republic of the Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
**[[Kongo dia Nlaza]], small eastern kingdom absorbed into the Kingdom of Kongo in the 16th century
*[[Kongo people]], an ethnic group in both Congos and Angola, sometimes referred to as Congolese
*[[Kongo language]], sometimes called Kikongo, the Bantu language spoken by the Kongo people, and the base for the Kituba language
*[[Portuguese Congo]], now the Angolan exclave of Cabinda
*[[Congo craton]], an ancient and stable piece of continental crust
* [[M'banza-Kongo]], the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province
* [[Kongo Central]], the former Bas-Congo province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
* [[Congolian forests]], the Congo basin forests.
== In Japan ==
* [[Mount Kongō]], a mountain in Osaka prefecture
* [[Japanese corvette Kongō (1877)|Japanese corvette ''Kongō'' (1877)]]
* [[Kongō class battlecruiser|''Kongō'' class battlecruiser]]
** [[Japanese battleship Kongō|Japanese battleship ''Kongō'']] (1913-1945)
* [[Kongō class destroyer|''Kongō'' class destroyer ]]
** [[JDS Kongō (DDG-173)|JDS ''Kongō'' (DDG-173)]], (1993- )
== In entertainment ==
* [[Congo (novel)|''Congo'' (novel)]], a 1980 novel by Michael Crichton
** [[Congo (film)|''Congo'' (film)]], a 1995 film based on Crichton's novel
** ''[[Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj]]'', a 1995 Sega Saturn video game
* ''Kongo'', a 1932 film starring Walter Huston, [[Lupe Velez]], and Conrad Nagel
* Kongo, the main character in the ''[[Monkey Magic (TV series)|Monkey Magic]]'' anime series
== In music ==
* [[The Congos]], a Jamaican reggae duo
* [[Congo (song)|"Congo" (song)]], a 1997 song by Genesis
* Congo or [[Soukous]], a genre of music from the Congos
== Miscellaneous ==
* [[Congo (dog)]], a controversial German shepherd euthanized for a series of attacks on humans
* [[Congo (loa)]], a spirit in Haitian voodoo mythology
* Common name for ''[[Agkistrodon piscivorus]]'', a venomous snake
* [[Congo Peafowl]], a bird species
* [[CONGO]] or the Conference of NGOs, a worldwide group of charity and aid organizations
* Kongo or [[yawara]], a martial arts weapon
== People with the family name ==
{{surname|Kongo}}
* [[Cheick Kongo]] (born 1975), mixed martial arts fighter
* [[Kongō Masahiro]] (born 1948), former sumo wrestler
* [[John Kongos]] (born 1945), South African musician, leader of the band "Johnny Kongos and the G-Men"
* [[Kid Congo Powers]] (born 1960), American singer and guitarist
==See also==
* [[Conga (disambiguation)]]
* ''[[The King of the Kongo]]'', 1929 film serial by Mascot Pictures
* ''[[King of the Congo]]'', 1952 film serial by Columbia Pictures
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