<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up Congo or Kongo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up Congo or Kongo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> <P> Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa: </P> <Ul> <Li> the larger Democratic Republic of the Congo to the southeast (capital: Kinshasa), formerly known as Zaire and sometimes referred to as "Congo - Kinshasa" </Li> <Li> the smaller Republic of the Congo to the northwest (capital: Brazzaville) and sometimes referred to as "Congo - Brazzaville" </Li> </Ul>

Is congo and democratic republic of congo the same