CONGO, FRENCH

CONGO, FRENCH
   (5,000), a continuous and connected territory extending westward along the right bank of the Congo from Brazzaville to the mouth of the Mobangi, and as far as 4° N. run N. behind the Cameroons, and along the E. of Shari to Lake Tchad.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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