Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) guide: sources and limitations Reviewed 27 October 2026 MAPS National outline: Natural Earth v5.1.2, 1:10m admin-0 countries, public domain. https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.geojson https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/ Retained outline: scripts/congo-outline-source.geojson. Rebuild offline: node scripts/build-congo-map.mjs. City coordinates are curated settlement centres in longitude, latitude order. All twelve city points and ten sight points are checked against the national outline. The map distinguishes Congo-Brazzaville from the DRC and Angola's Cabinda exclave. It does not show departmental boundaries or seasonal water levels. National outlines generalise river banks and coastlines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_the_Republic_of_the_Congo Sight coordinates locate buildings or representative landscapes, not entrances, routes or whole park boundaries. Poto-Poto's pin represents the painting-school neighbourhood; the rapids point represents the upper downstream cataracts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loufoulakari_Falls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odzala-Kokoua_National_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouabal%C3%A9-Ndoki_National_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conkouati-Douli_National_Park READING geography: Geography of the Republic of the Congo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo history: History of the Republic of the Congo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo language: 2015 Constitution · Article 4 https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Congo_2015 culture: UNESCO · Congolese rumba https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/congolese-rumba-01711 economy: World Bank · Republic of Congo overview https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/congo/overview politics: 2015 Constitution · institutions and presidential terms https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Congo_2015 nature: UNESCO · World Heritage in Congo https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/cg/ food: Congolese cuisine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congolese_cuisine landmarks: UNESCO · World Heritage in Congo https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/cg/ people: People of the Republic of the Congo https://www.britannica.com/place/Republic-of-the-Congo/People CONSTITUTION AND QUIZ REVIEW Article 4: French is official; Lingala and Kituba are national vehicular languages. Article 65: five-year presidential terms renewable twice. The 2015 Constitution removed the previous upper-age restriction; it did not abolish every term limit. The World Bank overview reports Sassou Nguesso's March 2026 re-election. The guide distinguishes this country from the DRC. https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Congo_2015 https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/congo/overview https://www.britannica.com/place/Republic-of-the-Congo/History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantu_languages https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/congolese-rumba-01711 https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/cg/ UNESCO lists Sangha Trinational (2012) and Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua (2023). Conkouati-Douli is a national park, distinct from these inscribed properties. The quiz review removes an undated urbanisation percentage, a fixed export ranking, an unsupported park-access answer, absolute claims about uninhabited forest, a single origin for La Sape, and stereotyped food and identity wording. Bantu is described as a branch of Niger-Congo. All eighty original questions are preserved in scripts/fixtures/congo-facts-questions.json and the seed. 23 corrections apply at read time and preserve question and lesson IDs. No database, schema or seed changes are required. LANGUAGES AND VISITS The course teaches general French, rather than Lingala or Kituba. Educational pins do not establish current visitor access. Check local arrangements and current official travel advice for visits. https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/congo PHOTOGRAPHS Existing local Wikimedia Commons photographs are reused with their individual credits and licences. Sainte-Anne is also the banner. The food image depicts salted fish at Total market; the language image shows a particular classroom. geography: The Congo River and Pool Malebo near Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo /images/facts-africa/cg/geography.jpg Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Congo_River_with_upstream_half_of_Pool_Malebo_and_Mbamu.jpg history: The Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza Memorial, Republic of the Congo /images/facts-africa/cg/history.jpg Africany, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Memorial_pierre_Savorgnan_de_Brazza_08.jpg language: A class at the École Spéciale in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo /images/facts-africa/cg/language.jpg Fdsm, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Classe_de_J1_-_Ecole_Sp%C3%A9ciale_de_Brazzaville_(Congo).JPG culture: A folk dance performance in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo /images/facts-africa/cg/culture.jpg Nzinga11, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_danse_folklorique_au_IFC_de_Brazzaville_03.jpg economy: Timber for export at Pointe-Noire port, Republic of the Congo /images/facts-africa/cg/economy.jpg David Stanley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timber_for_export_at_the_Port_of_Pointe-Noire,_Republic_of_Congo.jpg politics: Brazzaville City Hall, Republic of the Congo /images/facts-africa/cg/politics.jpg Brazzaville_-_by_Creative.webm : Creative Studio derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_de_Ville2.jpg nature: Gorillas in Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of the Congo /images/facts-africa/cg/nature.jpg Ekassa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Gorilles_du_Parc_National_d%27odzala_Kokoua.jpg food: Salted fish at Total market in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo /images/facts-africa/cg/food.jpg Africany, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poisson_sal%C3%A9.jpg landmarks: Sainte-Anne-du-Congo Basilica, Republic of the Congo /images/facts-africa/cg/landmarks.jpg Henri van der Noot, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brazzaville_-_Basilique_Sainte-Anne-du-Congo.jpg people: People on Boulevard Alfred Raoul in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo /images/facts-africa/cg/people.jpg ArnoBOUJIKA, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boulevard_Alfred_Raoul,_Brazzaville._08.jpg