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scraggy55 | 17:49 Thu 30th Jul 2009 | Destinations
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I want to know what the relationship is between Borneo and the Congo? Is Borneo in the Congo?
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Apart from both being tropical hell holes none - they are thousands of miles apart in different continents.
Confusingly, there are two 'Congo's.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (also known as 'Congo-Kinshasa') is a very large central African country:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LocationDRCo ngo.svg

The Republic of the Congo (also known as 'Congo-Brazzaville') is much smaller, and lies to the north-west of Congo-Kinshasa:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LocationRepu bliqueDuCongo.svg

Borneo isn't a country. It's a massive island, containing parts of Indonesia and Malaysia, and the whole of Brunei.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Borneo2_map_ english_names.PNG
The island lies (very roughly) midway between China and Australia.

I can think of no connection whatsoever between the island of Borneo and either of the two African states bearing the name 'Congo'.

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