Capital: Leopoldville
Population:
Area: 2,344,858 km2 (1960)
History: Congo Free State: 1884 - 1908
(privat property of King Leopold II of Belgium)
Belgian Colony: 15. November 1908
Independence: 30. June 1960
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Ruanda - Urundi was a part of East German Africa untill 1916
when conquered by forces from Belgian Congo.
Became a part of Belgian Congo in 1925.
On the 1. July 1962 independence as the two countries
Burundi and Rwanda.
