Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 220V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Congo-Kinshasa (Zaïre)
- +243
What every visitor should know about Congo-Kinshasa (Zaïre):
- Money
- The currency is the Congolese franc (CDF). 100 CDF is worth about US$0.13, or €0.09.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 3 out of 5 (Average)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Armed robbery is rare but occurs
- Carjacking
- Capital
- Kinshasa
- Tap water
- Very dangerous. Water-borne disease is widespread and purification is unreliable. Drink boiled or bottled water only.
Congo-Kinshasa (Zaïre) facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 68,692,542
- Language
- French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba
- Ethnicity
- Over 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes - Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the population
Economy
- GDP
- US$300 (per capita)