Congo

The country calling code for Congo is +242. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Congo number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Congo is assigned CG as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and COG as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Congo is .cg. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Congo is the Central African CFA franc, with the ISO 4217 code XAF and the symbol Fr. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Congo are quoted in XAF. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Congo is +01:00, currently UTC+01:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Congo is Brazzaville. Congo sits in Africa, specifically the Middle Africa subregion. Its approximate centre point is -1.00000000, 15.00000000. Traffic in Congo drives on the right. Languages recorded for Congo: French, Lingala.

Congo shares a land border with 5 countries: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Democratic Republic of the) and Gabon. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.