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Ngabé District
Ngabe is a district in the Djoué-Léfini Department of south-eastern Republic of the Congo. The capital lies at Ngabe. Towns and villages Mbé was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on June 12, 2008, in the Cultural category. Notable people * Ngalifourou Ngalifourou (1864 – 8 June 1956) was a queen of the Mbé region in what is today the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville). As a ruler she was close to French colonial authorities and was the first ruler in her region to sign a treaty with them. ..., queen and ally of the French colonisers. References Djoué-Léfini Department Districts of the Republic of the Congo {{RCongo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of The Republic Of The Congo
The Departments of the Republic of the Congo are divided into 86 districts and 6 Communes of the Republic of the Congo, communes; which are further subdivided into urban communities (communautés urbaines) and rural communities (communautés rurales); which are further subdivided into quarters or neighborhoods (quartiers) and villages. Note the departments of Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire are made of 1 commune each, then divided in urban districts (''arrondissements''). The districts are listed below, by department: Current divisions Northern Congo * Cuvette Department, Cuvette # Owando District, Owando # Makoua District, Makoua # Boundji District, Boundji # Mossaka District, Mossaka # Loukoléla District, Loukoléla # Oyo District, Oyo # Ngoko District, Ngoko # Ntokou District, Ntokou # Tchikapika District, Tchikapika # Bokoma District * Cuvette-Ouest Department, Cuvette-Ouest # Ewo District, Ewo # Kelle District, Kellé # Mbomo District, Mbomo # Okoyo District, Okoyo # Et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of The Republic Of The Congo
The national flag, national flag of the Republic of the Congo () consists of a yellow diagonal band divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner, with a green upper triangle and red lower triangle. Adopted in 1959 to replace the Flag of France, French Tricolour, it was the flag of the Republic of the Congo until 1970, when the People's Republic of the Congo was established. The new regime changed the flag to a red field with the Coat of arms of the Republic of the Congo, coat of arms of the People's Republic in the canton. This version was utilized until the regime collapsed in 1991. The new government promptly restored the original pre-1970 flag. __TOC__ History Under French colonial empire, French colonial rule over History of the Republic of the Congo#French rule, French Congo, the authorities forbade the colony from utilizing its own National flag, distinctive colonial flag. This was because they were worried that this could increase nationalistic sentiment and lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of The Congo
The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo), 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 Province, Cabinda, and to the southwest by the Atlantic Ocean. The region was dominated by Bantu peoples, Bantu-speaking tribes at least 3,000 years ago, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. From the 13th century, the present-day territory was dominated by a confederation led by Vungu which included Kakongo and Ngoyo. Kingdom of Loango, Loango emerged in the 16th century. In the late 19th century France colonised the region and incorporated it into French Equato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of The Republic Of The Congo
The Republic of the Congo is divided into 15 departments since the adoption of the corresponding laws in October 2024. These departments replaced former regions (''régions'', singular ''région'') in 2002: These regions are subdivided into more than Districts of the Republic of the Congo, 100 districts and Communes of the Republic of the Congo, 16 communes; which are further subdivided into urban communities (communautés urbaines) and rural communities (communautés rurales); which are further subdivided into quarters or neighborhoods (quartiers) and villages. See also * Communes of the Republic of the Congo * Districts of the Republic of the Congo * ISO 3166-2:CG References External links Congo Departments at Statoids.com {{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of African countries Departments of the Republic of the Congo, Subdivisions of the Republic of the Congo Lists of administrative divisions, Congo, Republic of, Departments Administrative di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djoué-Léfini Department
Djoué-Léfini is a department of the Republic of the Congo. It was created on 8 October 2024 from the northern part of Pool Department. Its capital is Odziba. It is named after the Djoué and Lefini rivers. Geography and climate Djoué-Léfini borders the departments of Plateaux to the north, Lékoumou to the west, Bouenza to the southwest, and Pool and Brazzaville to the south. Its eastern border is the Congo River: on the other side are the provinces of Maï-Ndombe and Kinshasa of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Djoué-Léfini is located on the Mbe Plateau, a component of the Batéké Plateau that stretches north of Brazzaville, the national capital, to the Lefini River. A part of the Western Congolian forest–savanna ecoregion, the Mbe Plateau has an elevation of about , and is covered by the grassy savannas and sandy soils. The plateau slopes steeply towards the Lefini and Congo rivers, which form the department's northern and eastern borders respectively. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of The Republic Of The Congo
Politics of the Republic of the Congo takes place in a framework of a unitary semi-presidential republic, whereby the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government, of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the President and the Government. Recently, following the approval of a new Constitution after a referendum in 2015, Congo became a semi-presidential republic after the creation of the post of prime minister who is responsible to the legislature, as well is the cabinet of the former. Legislative power is vested in both the Government and the two chambers of parliament. Many countries have a semi-presidential republic and elections, examples of other countries than the Republic of the Congo include France, Peru, and Croatia. However, having semi-presidential republic does not necessarily mean that a country is a democracy. A central, but not the only, component of democracy is free and fair elections, where the populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbé
A town in the Republic of the Congo, Mbé is located in the Ngabe District of the Department of Pool, approximately 200 km northeast of Brazzaville. A village in Cameroon, Adamoua region, Vina North Site Description The royal domain of Mbé was composed of various sites related to the culture and the history of the Bateke people. The capital and residence of the Makoko (king) was also referred to as Mbé. The Kingdom knew ceaseless displacements throughout its history. The precolonial Bateke cultural tradition, indeed, required the displacement of the capital “Mbé” whenever a king died suddenly. World Heritage Status This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ... Tentative List on June 12, 2008, in the Cultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International security, security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It has 194 Member states of UNESCO, member states and 12 associate members, as well as partners in the Non-governmental organization, non-governmental, Intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental and private sector. Headquartered in Paris, France, UNESCO has 53 regional field offices and 199 National Commissions for UNESCO, national commissions. UNESCO was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.English summary). UNESCO's founding mission, which was shaped by the events of World War II, is to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Heritage
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity". To be selected, a World Heritage Site is nominated by its host country and determined by the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee to be a unique landmark which is geographically and historically identifiable, having a special cultural or physical significance, and to be under a sufficient system of legal protection. World Heritage Sites might be ancient ruins or historical structures, buildings, cities, deserts, forests, islands, lakes, monuments, mountains or wilderness areas, and others. A World Heritage Site may signify a remarkable accomplishment of humankind and serve as evidence of humanity's intellectual history on the planet, or it might be a place of grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngalifourou
Ngalifourou (1864 – 8 June 1956) was a queen of the Mbé region in what is today the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville). As a ruler she was close to French colonial authorities and was the first ruler in her region to sign a treaty with them. Biography Ngalifourou was born in 1864 in Ngabé on the Congo River. A member of the Téké people, who are a Bantu community living between the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, Ngalifourou was married at the age of 15 to King Iloo I (also known as Iloo Makoko), who was much older than her. She was his second wife. Oral traditions suggest they married in 1880. After their marriage, Ngalifourou upheld the king's authority and gained respect for her intelligence, including from Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, who was a French colonial army officer who collaborated with her husband. De Brazza presented Ngalifourou with a sabre as a gesture of admiration. In 1944, de Brazza's daughter, Marthe de B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
