Matadi
Matadi , city (1984 pop. 138,798), Bas-Congo province, W Congo (Kinshasa), on the Congo River. With one of the largest harbors in central Africa, Matadi is the main port of the country. Situated c.80 mi (130 km) from the mouth of the Congo, at the farthest point navigable by oceangoing vessels, the city is linked by rail with Kinshasa. Chief exports are coffee and timber. Because of the Congo's economic and political troubles in the late 1980s and 1990s, trade through the port diminished and the condition of the facilities deteriorated.
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Belgium
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Belgium area: 30,510sq km (11,780sq mi...Euro = 100 cents Kingdom in nw Europe. Belgium is a densely populated nation. Behind...protected from the sea by dykes. Central Belgium consists of low plateaux – except...
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Belgium, Intelligence and Security Agencies
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New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc.
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Belgium, Christianity in
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Belgium, Christianity in. In the mid-4th cent...Spanish repression kept what was to be Belgium within the Catholic sphere of influence...the object of bitter controversy. When Belgium became independent of the Netherlands in...
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Belgium, relations with
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Belgium, relations with. The British played a major part in the creation of the state of Belgium 1830–9, the government soon...recognized. Fears of French ambitions in Belgium intermittently surfaced until 1870, and...
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