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Zaire Education Zaire
Climate varies between tropical rain forest experienced
in the Congo River basin to tropical wet-and-dry in the
southern uplands to tropical highland in eastern region
of the country. The equatorial forests of the region the
temperature varies considerably between day and night. Almost
242 languages are spoken in the Democratic Republic of
the Congo or Zaire. Languages of Zaire are as many as
their ethnic groups. Mainly four Zaire languages enjoy
national status, namely Kongo, Swahili, Lingala and
Tshiluba. The official language of Zaire is French. Zaire
Currency unit is Zaire. This unit of money in Zaire was
introduced in 1967, replacing the franc. The currency of
Zaire has evolved through two stages. Zaire was the
currency during the year 1967 to 1993. A new version New
Zaire was introduced in the year 1993. Zaire Population comprises of people
from different tribe, religion and sect. In 1992 the
population of Zaire was approximated to be 39.1 million,
which makes it the most populous among the sub-Saharan
African countries. In the last official census,
conducted in July 1984 the population was 29.7 million,
which was nearly double of 16.2 million, the population
in 1960. Kinshasa is the capital and largest city
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is
located on the Congo River. Image Gallery:
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