City

M'banza-Kongo

Middle Africa

M'banza-Kongo is the capital of Zaire Province in northwestern Angola, with a 2024 population of 221,141. Founded around 1390 by Lukeni lua Nimi, it served as the capital of the Kingdom of Kongo from its founding until the dissolution of the kingdom in 1915, and Portuguese explorers who reached it in 1483 compared its size to the Portuguese town of Evora. The city was abandoned during 17th century civil conflicts but restored as the kingdom capital in 1709, and in 2017 UNESCO listed it as a World Heritage Site for the vestiges of the former Kongo capital. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Population

148,000 1

Area (sq km)

0.8929 1

Founding Year

1390 2

Population Estimate Year

2014 1

Elevation (m)

408 1

Latitude

6.266667 degrees south 1

Longitude

14.25 degrees east 1

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Origin Of

Alfonso I of Kongo

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1. M'banza-Kongo (Wikidata)

P1082 (population)
population 148,000 (2014)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -6.266667, longitude 14.25
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 408 m
P2046 (area)
area 0.8929 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 148000 (2014)

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2. Wikipedia: M'banza-Kongo

Infobox: established_date

Quote, Infobox: established_date

c. 1390

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M'banza-Kongo (Wikipedia)

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Mbanza Kongo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈbɐ̃zɐ], [ĩˈbɐ̃zɐ], [mɨˈβɐ̃zɐ] or [miˈβɐ̃zɐ ˈkõɡu], known as São Salvador in Portuguese from 1570 to 1976; Kongo: Mbânza Kôngo) is the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province with a population of 221,141 in 2024.
In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion

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