Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Map of Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo Capital: Kinshasa Area: total: 2,345,410 sq km water: 77,810 sq km land: 2,267,600 sq km Location: Central Africa, northeast of Angola Geographic coordinates: 0 00 N, 25 00 E Comparative Area: slightly less than one-fourth the size of the US Land boundaries: total: 10,730 km border countries: Angola 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 233 km, Central African Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda 217 km, Sudan 628 km, Tanzania 459 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km Coastline: 37 km Terrain: vast central basin is a low-lying plateau; mountains in east Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m