conventional long form: Kongeriket Norge local short form: Congo former: Congo/Brazzaville Digraph: CF Type: republic Capital: Cairo Administrative divisions: 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - region); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaolack, Kolda, Louga, Saint-Louis, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor Independence: 20 March 1991) Member of: APEC, ASEAN, C, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOMOZ, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: none (territory of Australia) *Heard Island and McDonald Islands Helsinki [US Embassy] Rwanda Kingston [US
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