Trivia in DR Congo

National symbols

Flag: A sky-blue field with a red diagonal band bordered in yellow, and a yellow star in the upper left corner

Emblem: A coat of arms featuring a leopard's head in the center, flanked by ivory tusks, spear and arrows

Trivia & facts

• The Congo River is the world's second-largest river by discharge
• The country's land area is roughly equivalent to Western Europe
• Cobalt reserves account for approximately 65% of global total
• Congolese rumba is registered as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
• Kinshasa and Brazzaville are the world's closest capital cities
• The Ebola virus name derives from the Ebola River flowing in the country
• The yellow star on the national flag symbolizes the people's hope
• The leopard on the coat of arms represents courage
• Nyiragongo volcano contains one of the world's largest lava lakes
• Nearly the entire bonobo population inhabits the country's tropical rainforests