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gptkbp:instanceOf
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former sovereign state
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gptkbp:area
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2,344,000 km²
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gptkbp:borderedBy
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gptkb:Angola
gptkb:Sudan
gptkb:German_East_Africa
gptkb:British_Central_Africa_Protectorate
gptkb:French_Congo
gptkb:Uganda_Protectorate
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:Boma
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gptkbp:currency
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Congolese franc
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1908
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gptkbp:established
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1885
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gptkbp:flag
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gptkb:Flag_of_the_Congo_Free_State
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gptkbp:governmentType
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absolute monarchy
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gptkbp:headOfState
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gptkb:Leopold_II_of_Belgium
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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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Congo Free State
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Central_Africa
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gptkbp:mainExports
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ivory
rubber
minerals
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gptkbp:mainRiver
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gptkb:Congo_River
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Brussels_Conference_Act_of_1890
Congo Reform Association campaign
transfer to Belgian government in 1908
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gptkbp:notableFor
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forced labor
human rights abuses
rubber production
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Henry_Morton_Stanley
gptkb:E.D._Morel
gptkb:Roger_Casement
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gptkbp:officialLanguage
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gptkb:French
gptkb:Lingala
Dutch
Kikongo
Swahili
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gptkbp:owner
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gptkb:Leopold_II_of_Belgium
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gptkbp:populationEstimate
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10-20 million (at its peak)
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:International_Association_of_the_Congo
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Belgian_Congo
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Berlin_Conference
gptkb:Order_of_the_African_Star
gptkb:Sovereign_of_the_Congo_Free_State
gptkb:Belgian_Congo
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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