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Republic of the Congo Independence Day - Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July. The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo - Not to be confused with its neighbor, The Democratic Republic of the Congo - (DRC), is a country located on the western coast of Central Africa to the west of the Congo River. It is bordered to the west by Gabon, to the northwest by Cameroon, to the northeast by the Central African Republic, to the southeast by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south by the Angolan exclave of Cabinda, and to the southwest by the Atlantic Ocean. It has a 2023 population of more than 2.2 Million.