Place:M'banza-Kongo, Zaire, Angola

Watchers
  • no watchers
Larger map


NameM'banza-Kongo
Alt namesM'banza Congosource: Getty Vocabulary Program
M'banza-Kongosource: WeRelate abbreviation
Mbanza Congosource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 745
Mbanza Kongosource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-)
San Salvadorsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-)
São Salvadorsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
São Salvadorsource: Wikipedia
São Salvador do Congosource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 1079
TypeCity
Coordinates6.3°S 14.267°E
Located inZaire, Angola     (1300 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Mbanza-Kongo (, or , known as São Salvador in Portuguese from 1570 to 1975), is the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province[1][2] with a population of 148,000 (2014). Mbanza Kongo (properly Mbanza Koongo or Kôngo in most acceptable orthographies) was founded some time before the arrival of the Portuguese in 1483 and was the capital of the Kilukeni dynasty ruling at that time. The site was temporarily abandoned during civil wars in the 17th century. It lies close to Angola's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located at around and sits on top of an impressive flat-topped mountain, sometimes called Mongo a Kaila (mountain of division) because recent legends recall that the king created the clans of the kingdom and sent them out from there. In the valley to the south runs the Luezi River. In 2017, Mbanza Kongo was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[edit]

Research Tips

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at M'banza-Kongo. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:M%27banza-Kongo%2C_Zaire%2C_Angola"