DeCS

Descriptor English:

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Descriptor Spanish:

República Democrática del Congo

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	República Democrática del Congo
Entry term(s)	Congo (Kinshasa) Congo Belga Katanga Zaire
Scope note:	República de África central, situada al este de la REPÚBLICA DEL CONGO, al sur de la REPÚBLICA CENTROAFRICANA, y al norte de ANGOLA y ZAMBIA. Su capital es Kinshasa.

Descriptor Portuguese:

República Democrática do Congo

Descriptor French:

République démocratique du Congo

Entry term(s):

Congo Kinshasa
Congo belge
Congo-Kinshasa
Katanga
Zaïre

Tree number(s):

Z01.058.290.100.220

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015023

Scope note:

A republic in central Africa, east of the REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, south of the CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC and north of ANGOLA and ZAMBIA. The capital is Kinshasa.

Annotation:

formerly Zaire (capital at Kinshasa formerly Leopoldville); do not confuse with Republic of Congo (capital at Brazzaville) ( = CONGO); for entry term ZAIRE in French titles use diacrit: Zaïre, in English titles spell as Zaire

Allowable Qualifiers:

EH ethnologie
EP épidémiologie

DeCS ID:

15419

Unique ID:

D015023

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Date Established:

1998/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01