List of renamed places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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list-of-renamed-places-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-206-6036370
title:
List of renamed places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
text:
This is a list of place names of towns and cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which were subsequently changed after the end of Belgian colonial rule. Place names of the colonial era tended to have two versions, one in French and one in Dutch, reflecting the two main languages of Belgium. Many of these place names were chosen after local geography or eponymous colonial figures. Many of the place name changes occurred under the authenticité programme in the 1960s and 1970s during the d
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description:
Places renamed after independence
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_renamed_places_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
date created:
2014-05-07T21:02:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T16:24:09Z
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13
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