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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:colonialism
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gptkbp:area
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2,344,858 km² (Belgian Congo)
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gptkbp:capitalOfMainColony
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gptkb:Boma
gptkb:Léopoldville
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gptkbp:colonialLanguage
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gptkb:French
gptkb:German
Dutch
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gptkbp:conflict
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gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Belgium
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gptkbp:currency
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gptkb:Ruanda-Urundi_franc
Congolese franc
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gptkbp:dissolved
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decolonization
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gptkbp:existedDuring
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1885
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gptkbp:existedUntil
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1962
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gptkbp:flag
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gptkb:Flag_of_the_Belgian_Congo
gptkb:Flag_of_Ruanda-Urundi
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gptkbp:historicalPeriod
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gptkb:Belgium
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Belgian colonial empire
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gptkbp:mainColony
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gptkb:Congo_Free_State
gptkb:Burundi
gptkb:Rwanda
gptkb:Ruanda-Urundi
gptkb:Belgian_Congo
gptkb:Kamerun_(part,_after_WWI)
gptkb:Lado_Enclave
gptkb:Ruanda_(after_WWI)
gptkb:Urundi_(after_WWI)
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Congo Free State atrocities
Belgian Congo independence (1960)
Ruanda-Urundi independence (1962)
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:missionary
infrastructure development
forced labor
human rights abuses
rubber production
exploitation of natural resources
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:King_Leopold_II_of_Belgium
gptkb:Baudouin_of_Belgium
gptkb:Albert_I_of_Belgium
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gptkbp:relatedEvent
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gptkb:Berlin_Conference
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gptkbp:relatedOrganization
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gptkb:Force_Publique
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Scramble_for_Africa
European colonialism
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Burundi
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkb:Rwanda
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Belgian_Congo
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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