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    M'banza-Kongo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈbɐ̃zɐ], [ĩˈbɐ̃zɐ], [mɨˈβɐ̃zɐ] or [miˈβɐ̃zɐ ˈkõɡu], known as São Salvador in Portuguese from 1570 to 1976;...
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  • Congo M'banza-Kongo, the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province Kongo University, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Cheick Kongo, French...
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    The Kingdom of Kongo (Kongo: Kongo dya Ntotila or Wene wa Kongo; Portuguese: Reino do Congo) was a kingdom in Central Africa. It was located in present-day...
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    resolving a dispute with his brother. Both sides brought armies to M'banza-Kongo (São Salvador) but to avoid bloodshed they agreed to single combat,...
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    Kingdom of Kongo under a ruler called the manikongo, residing in the fertile Pool Malebo area on the lower Congo River. The capital was M'banza-Kongo. With...
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    fifth king of the Kongo dynasty. At the time of the first arrival of the Portuguese to the Kingdom of the Kongo's capital of M'banza-Kongo in 1491, Mvemba...
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    Zaire Province (category Articles containing Kongo-language text)
    Luvaca, Serra da Canda (Kanda) M'Banza Congo Municipality: – Caluca, Kiende (Quiende), Luvu, Madimba, M'Banza Kongo, Nkalambata (Calambata) Nóqui Municipality:...
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  • Mbanza (redirect from M'banza)
    Mbanza, or M'banza, may refer to: Angola M'banza-Kongo, a city in Zaire Province Mbanza-Soyo (officially Soyo), a city in Zaire Province DR Congo Mbanza-Ngungu...
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    overthrow, Pedro I managed to seek asylum in one of the churches of M'banza-Kongo. King Diogo I was reluctant to attempt removing him, allowing Pedro...
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    Kongo religion (Kikongo: Bukongo or Bakongo) encompasses the traditional beliefs of the Bakongo people. Due to the highly centralized position of the...
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    Congo River (redirect from Kongo River)
    Manikongo was properly the title of the kings of Kongo; their capital was at the site of modern M'banza-Kongo, capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province...
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    taken off from the Angolan capital, Luanda, and was trying to land at M'banza-Kongo in the province of Zaire, which is in northern Angola near the border...
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  • São Salvador may refer to: M'banza-Kongo, Angola, capital of Zaire Province and of the defunct Kongo Kingdom, known as São Salvador in Portuguese 1570-1975...
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  • Kingdom of Kongo under a ruler called the manikongo, residing in the fertile Pool Malebo area on the lower Congo River. The capital was M'banza-Kongo. With...
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    023 758,568 3.4 East Namibe Moçâmedes 58,137 495,326 8.5 South West Uíge Uíge 58,698 1,483,118 25.3 North Zaire M'banza-Kongo 40,130 594,428 14.8 North...
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    century, the Bakongo farming community was united with its capital at M'banza-Kongo, under the king title, Manikongo. Other significant states and peoples...
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    Population of provinces and municipalities in Angola LaGamma, Alisa (2015). Kongo – Power and Majesty. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Citypopulation...
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  • down 2 metres (6.6 ft) short of the runway at the Mbanza Airport in M'banza-Kongo, Angola. The undercarriage struck a drainage ditch and collapsed. The...
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  • equally dispersed villages of equal sizes. Important cities: M'banza-Kongo, capital of the Kongo Empire Ryamurari, capital of the Ndorwa kingdom (Rwanda)...
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    of stunning victories, UNITA regained control over Caxito, Huambo, M'banza Kongo, Ndalatando, and Uíge, provincial capitals it had not held since 1976...
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  • Cathedral of the Holy Saviour of Congo (category Articles containing Kongo-language text)
    Congo; Kongo: kulumbimbi) is an old Catholic church built at the end of the 15th century in M'banza-Kongo, the capital of the Kingdom of Kongo. It was...
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    Angola (category Articles containing Kongo-language text)
    of Kongo, the hegemonic state of a number of other Kikongo-speaking kingdoms that flourished in and after the 14th century. The Kingdom of Kongo became...
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  • 1980) Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-02-27...
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    1350 and 1375. Around 1390, the capital of the Kingdom of Kongo was established at M'banza-Kongo by Lukeni lua Nimi, the first king. The kingdom was expanded...
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  • Banza (category Kongo-language surnames)
    Banza may refer to: M'banza-Kongo, formerly known as São Salvador, the capital of Zaire Province, Angola Banza (katydid), a katydid genus endemic to Hawaii...
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  • Education Institutions of Angola (RIPES) — the Higher Polytechnic School of M'banza-Kongo was separated from the UON and made autonomous. It became the Zaire...
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    continued by King Álvaro II of Kongo in 1607 after the Portuguese brought the Order of Christ to the Kingdom of Kongo. Álvaro II formed and granted knighthoods...
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    Matilda Mcini[citation needed] 19 Tirana Angola Lesliana Pereira 20 M'banza-Kongo Antigua and Barbuda Athina James[citation needed] 18 St. John's Argentina...
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    in the 17th century and had significant influence on politics in Kongo during the Kongo Civil War. Soyo has recently become the largest oil-producing region...
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    Holden Roberto (category Angolan Kongo people)
    Roberto and Joana Lala Nekaka, and a descendant of the Royal Family of the Kongo Kingdom, was born in São Salvador in the far north of Angola. His family...
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