An African country home to an array of rainforests that borders nine other countries (Image: Getty)
A country in that’s roughly the size of the east of the Mississippi River also shares its border with a staggering nine other countries.
Congo is the second largest country in Africa by land area and the 11th-largest country in the world.
Among its other impressive accolades, this African country is also a region that has one of the most borders with any other countries.
It shares the border with Rwanda, Burundi, Angola, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, or known simply as , is a country found in central Africa and due to its location shares a large part of its border with many other neighbouring African countries.
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Congo is a region that has one of the most borders with any other countries in the world (Image: Getty)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo sits among the top 5 countries that share the most borders than any other country.
Among them include China and with 14 countries bordering them and Brazil and France with 10 bordering countries.
To the east of Congo you will find Burundi, southwest its Angola, to the west its Congo (Brazzaville), to the east Rwanda and Uganda, in the north its Central African Republic and South Sudan, southeast to Zambia and across Lake Tanganyika to the east is Tanzania.
The Congo River and its tributaries are the main transportation route in the country and serve as the main transport arteries.
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Navigation via the Congo River is found along different routes including Kinshasa to Kisangani (Image: Getty)
Along these rivers, road, rail and private and public air services are supplemented.
The main port for maritime shipping is found near the mouth of the Congo River known as Matadi.
Portions of the Congo including the navigable stretches of its tributaries, allows for 9,300 miles of navigable inland waterways for its people.
Navigation via the Congo River is found along different routes including Kongolo to Bukama, Banana to Matadi, Obundu to Kindu and Kinshasa to Kisangani, which operates all year round.
The Boma-Tshela railway serves the agricultural region of Mayumbe with other lines connecting the Uele with the Itimbiri River and Lake Tanganyika with the Lualaba River.
The only route to lie wholly within Congo runs by rail from Katanga to Ilebo, by boat on the Kasai and Congo rivers to Kinshasa, and by rail to Matadi.
International routes run across Lake Tanganyika and Tanzania to the Indian Ocean port of Dar es Salaam; through Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique to Beira and through Angola to the Atlantic Ocean port of Lobito.
Congo is a land of tropical rainforests with large amounts of valuable mineral sources including massive reserves of freshwater.
Yet despite the country’s vast natural wealth, the majority of the people do not benefit from it.