Africa · DX entity · DXCC 414

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 36 and ITU zone 52. Its primary prefix is 9Q.

Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Figure 1. Democratic Republic of the Congo and its provinces, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.01982 degrees, about 2 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 4° S 21.7° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	414
Name in the ADIF standard	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	9Q
CQ zone	36
ITU zone	52

Prefixes

9Q is the primary prefix. The country files list 6 prefixes and prefix blocks for Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Show all prefixes

9Q 9O 9P 9R 9S 9T

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.