Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (also known as Congo-Kinshasa) is a country in Africa, it neighbours the Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan, it is the 2nd largest country in Africa and the 11th largest in the world

History
The DRC was first discovered by the Belgian Colonists discovering Africa, they found this piece of land and began to control it, they called it the Congo Free State from 1877 to 1908 when they called it Belgian Congo, but King Leopold II wanted to keep it private, Belgian Congo was involved in World War I and also in World War II as the Belgian Government-in-Exile, Congo-Leopoldville became independent in 1960, in 1971 during the Cold War they changed the name to Zaire, but after the Cold War they became the Democratic Republic of the Congo and currently resides as that name to this day

10 Largest Cities

 * 1) Kinshasa
 * 2) Lubumbashi
 * 3) Mbuji-Mayi
 * 4) Kananga
 * 5) Kisangani
 * 6) Goma
 * 7) Bukavu
 * 8) Tshikapa
 * 9) Masina
 * 10) Kolwezi

Trivia

 * Congo was the only Belgian Colony in Africa until the end of World War I with Belgium acquiring Ruanda-Urundi