Congo or The Congo may refer to:

• Congo River, in central Africa
• Congo Basin, the sedimentary basin of the river
• Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, sometimes referred to as "Congo-Kinshasa"
• Republic of the Congo, the smaller country to the northwest, sometimes referred to as "Congo-Brazzaville"

Places

Africa

• Congo Canyon, a submarine canyon
• Kingdom of Kongo (1390–1914)
• Kingdom of Kakongo (15th century–1885)
• Congo Free State (1885–1908)
• Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) or Congo-Léopoldville (1960–1971)
• People's Republic of the Congo (1969–1992)
• M'banza Congo, capital of Zaire Province in Angola
• Kongo, Ghana, town in Ghana
• Kongo, Liberia, small town in Liberia

Former colonies

• Belgian Congo (modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• French Congo (modern-day Republic of the Congo)
• Portuguese Congo (modern-day Kabinda, Angola)

United States

• Congo, Alabama
• Congo, Missouri
• Congo, Pennsylvania
• Congo, West Virginia
• Congo Cay, United States Virgin Islands

Elsewhere

• Congo, New South Wales, Australia
• Congo, Paraíba, Brazil
• Congo River (disambiguation), a list of rivers with the name
• Congo Town, a village in Andros Island, Bahamas
• Congo Volcano or Congo Mountain, in Costa Rica

Languages and ethnic groups

• Niger–Congo languages
  • Kongo languages
    • Kongo language, a Bantu language
• Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group

Arts and entertainment

Music

• The Congos, a reggae vocal group from Jamaica
  • Congo (album), 1979
• "Congo" (song), by Genesis, 1997
• Kongos (band), a South African American band

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Congo (novel), a 1980 novel by Michael Crichton
  • Congo (film), a 1995 film based on the novel
• Congo (chess variant), using a 7×7 gameboard
• Congo (pinball), a 1995 pinball machine
• Congo (TV series), a 2001 nature documentary
• Congo – A Political Tragedy, a 2018 documentary film
• Congo: The Epic History of a People, a 2010 book by David van Reybrouck
• Kongo (film), a 1932 American film

People

• Edwin Congo (born 1976), Colombian footballer
• Louis Congo (fl.