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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.
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When the Portuguese arrived in Kongo, Mbanza Kongo was already a large town, perhaps the largest in sub-equatorial Africa, and a letter from the Portuguese ambassador to Lisbon compared the size of the city (inside the inner walls) to the Portuguese town of
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The Royal Museum, recently rebuilt as a modern structure, houses an impressive collection of artifacts from the old Kingdom, even though many were lost from the older building during the
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and an impressive two-story royal palace, the only such building in all of Kongo, according to visitor Giovanni Francesco da Roma (1648).
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in 1709. It was never again depopulated though its population fluctuated substantially during the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
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Métallurgie et politique en Afrique centrale: deux mille ans de vestiges sur les plateaux batéké Gabon, Congo, Zaïre
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The earliest documented kings referred to their city in their correspondence as "the city of Congo" (
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in 1483 until the abolition of the kingdom in 1915, aside from a brief period of abandonment during
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The name was changed back to "City of Kongo" (Mbanza Kongo) shortly after Angolan independence.
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missionaries who conspired together in an attempted overthrow of the manikongo
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with a population of 148,000 in 2014. M'banza Kongo was the capital of the
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The city was sacked several times during the civil wars that followed the
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Kongo Kultur Vol.4. 2021 : Réhabiliter et s’approprier MBanza Kongo
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Another interesting site of historical significance is the memorial to
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By the 1550s Mbanza-Kongo hosted a community of Portuguese traders and
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Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo
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L’ancien royaume du Congo des origines à la fin du XIXe siècle
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from June to September caused by the strong influence of the cold
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from October to May, and a relatively short but almost rainless
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Sean Sheehan; Jui Lin Yong; Yong Jui Lin (January 2010).
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M'banza Kongo is known for the ruins of its 16th century
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The Quantum Vision of Simon Kimbangu: Kintuadi in 3D
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visited the site during his tour of Angola in 1992.
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Mbanza-Kongo lies close to Angola's border with the
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In 2017, M'banza Kongo was declared a 1458:Explore M'banza-Kongo with Google Earth 1341: 1339: 1337: 1335: 1194: 433:Portuguese coat of arms of São Salvador 213: 196: 183: 175: 167: 135: 100: 66: 54: 1146:Cathedral of the Holy Saviour of Congo 1325:Marie-Claude Dupré and Bruno Pinçon, 1249:. Marshall Cavendish. pp. 136–. 337: 329: 323: 317: 289: 279: 262: 254: 246: 238: 229: 188: 155: 7: 1279:Population of major cities in Angola 80: 1421:(in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst 1212: 1210: 62:Mbanza Kongo (São Salvador) in 1745 2586:Populated places in Zaire Province 1384:Pedro, Dom V. (22 December 2011). 1174:Other important sites include the 25: 2596:Former populated places in Angola 1498: 533:Democratic Republic of the Congo 143: 79: 72: 56: 1312:William Graham Lister Randles, 1217:Fernandes, José Manuel (2013). 441:), and the name of the city as 2611:World Heritage Sites in Angola 390:Mbanza-Kongo (formerly called 376:civil wars in the 17th century 1: 2581:Provincial capitals in Angola 1012:Average rainfall mm (inches) 1369:. Houghton Mifflin. p.  872:Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 732:Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 402:) was founded by the first 2627: 2576:Capitals of former nations 1128: 612: 535:. It is located at around 380:UNESCO World Heritage Site 233:UNESCO World Heritage Site 180:408 m (1,339 ft) 1081: 1011: 941: 871: 801: 731: 661: 656: 653: 650: 647: 644: 641: 638: 635: 632: 629: 626: 623: 620: 617: 410:at its peak reached from 315:Portuguese pronunciation: 304: 300: 226: 101: 67: 55: 42: 2591:Municipalities of Angola 1505:Municipalities of Angola 1361:Adam Hochschild (1998). 577:tropical savanna climate 1710:Cuando Cubango Province 1462:Global Heritage Network 339:[miˈβɐ̃zɐˈkõɡu] 1183:Civil War of 1976–2002 1131:Deutscher Wetterdienst 471:In 1568 the manikongo 466:Diogo I Nkumbi a Mpudi 434: 355: 1773:Cuanza Norte Province 432: 358:), is the capital of 2158:Lunda Norte Province 1365:King Leopold's Ghost 1350:. UK: Penguin Books. 1346:Green, Toby (2020). 662:Record high °C (°F) 606:during this period. 575:M'banza-Kongo has a 554:6.26667°S 14.25000°E 493:During the reign of 121:6.26778°S 14.24806°E 2468:(formerly Macocola) 1836:Cuanza Sul Province 1348:A Fistful of Shells 1167:'s mother near the 1082:Average rainy days 942:Record low °C (°F) 802:Daily mean °C (°F) 550: /  350:from 1570 to 1976; 117: /  2216:Lunda Sul Province 1150:sub-Saharan Africa 559:-6.26667; 14.25000 435: 331:[mɨˈβɐ̃zɐ] 319:[ɐ̃ˈbɐ̃zɐ] 281:Reference no. 190: • Total 126:-6.26778; 14.24806 93:Location in Angola 18:M'banza Kongo 2563: 2562: 2166:Capenda-Camulemba 2007:Chicala-Choloanga 1556:Benguela Province 1277:Citypopulation.de 1256:978-0-7614-4845-7 1202:Citypopulation.de 1158:Pope John Paul II 1136: 1135: 518:Pedro IV of Kongo 447:Álvaro I of Kongo 336: 325:[ĩˈbɐ̃zɐ] 308: 307: 276: 16:(Redirected from 2618: 2601:Kingdom of Kongo 2267:Cambundi-Catembo 2249:Malanje Province 1677:Cabinda Province 1503: 1502: 1501: 1491: 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M'banza Kongo
Municipality
town
Mbanza Kongo (São Salvador) in 1745
Mbanza-Kongo is located in Angola
6°16′04″S 14°14′53″E / 6.26778°S 14.24806°E / -6.26778; 14.24806
Country
Angola
Province
Zaire Province
Time zone
UTC+1
WAT
Climate
Aw
UNESCO World Heritage Site
2017
session
1511
Africa
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[miˈβɐ̃zɐˈkõɡu]
Portuguese
Kongo
Angola
Zaire Province
Kingdom of Kongo
Portuguese

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