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Congolese Americans are Americans of descent from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of the Congo.In the 2000 US census 3886 people hailed be of Congolese descend. Others 1602 specified that descended of people from Zaire and less of 300 people indicated that hailed from the Republic of Congo. Rose Mapendo who suffered from the war has helped 2000 refugees to emigrate into the United States through the organization Mapendo International.

language
American English, French language, Swahili language, Kongo language, Luba-Kasai language, Lingala
population place
North Texas, New York City, Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area, Boston
religion
Christianity
total population
5488, 11009

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