ocr: CONGOI - 45 - Official Name: The Republic ofthe Congo Capital: Brazzaville Population: 24 million franc Official language: French OIgAET Currency: CFA STRADDLING THE EQUATOR in west CAMEROON central Africa, the are: a now covered by the Congo was tirstinhabited d by Bantu- Ouésso speaking peoples in the 15th century. In the 1880s it became a French colony, achieving L independence in 1960. Rich: in oil reserves, the Congois now emerging from two decades of Marxist-Lenini st rule. Loufoulakari Falls Loubomo Pointe-Noire BRAZZAVILLE CABINA 16 (Angola)
