area now encompassing Kongo Central was part of the greater province of Léopoldville, along with the capital city of Kinshasa and the districts of Kwango...
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Bundu dia Kongo (Kikongo; lit. "Gathering of Kongo"), known as BDK, is a new religious movement with a political and cultural agenda that is associated...
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of salt. According to Raymackers, Kinshasa was a significant trading site where people from the Lower Congo (now Kongo Central Province) and South Atlantic...
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Congo (redirect from The Kongos)
Look up Congo or Kongo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Congo may refer to: Congo River, in central Africa Congo Basin, the sedimentary basin of the...
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The Kongo people (Kongo: Bisi Kongo, EsiKongo, singular: Musi Kongo; also Bakongo, singular: Mukongo or M'kongo) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo (redirect from Congo-Kinshasa)
has about three million members, primarily among the Bakongo of Kongo Central and Kinshasa. Islam has been present in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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Kongo or Kikongo is one of the Bantu languages spoken by the Kongo people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo...
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the south runs the Luezi River. M'banza-Kongo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) similar to Kinshasa or Pointe-Noire, characterised by a fairly...
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The Matadi–Kinshasa Railway (French: Chemin de fer Matadi-Kinshasa) is a railway line in Kongo Central province between Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic...
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The Kinshasa Central Market (French: Marché Central de Kinshasa, formerly known as Marché Publique), colloquially referred to as Zando in Lingala, is...
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Congo River (redirect from Kongo River)
or 13% of the entire African landmass. The name Congo/Kongo originates from the Kingdom of Kongo once located on the southern bank of the river. The kingdom...
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The Kongo place stone figures called tumba (a Ki-Kongo word, pl. bitumba) on the graves of powerful people. Bitumba were created in Zaire and Angola during...
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Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (redirect from Boma, Kongo Central)
River, some 100 kilometres (62 mi) upstream from the Atlantic Ocean, in the Kongo Central Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), adjacent...
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Nsele Valley Park (category Kinshasa)
subsidiary of Ferme Espoir, an agro-food farm spanning Haut Katanga, Kongo Central, Kinshasa, and North Kivu. The park's geography is characterized by rolling...
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Demokratiske Republik Congo Den demokratiske republikken Kongo Kongo-Kinshasa, Demokratiska republiken Kongo East Timor Østtimor Øst-Timor/Aust-Timor Östtimor...
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governors (or equivalent) of Kongo Central were: Lists of provincial governors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org...
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Mbanza-Ngungu (category Populated places in Kongo Central)
territory in Kongo Central Province in the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on a short branch off the Matadi-Kinshasa Railway. It...
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Muanda Nsemi (category People from Kongo Central)
different towns in the Kongo Central province. He was arrested the following month and admitted to a neuro-psychopathical center in Kinshasa. Some MPs pleaded...
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French Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa), the former Belgian Congo Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group in the Congo region Congolese...
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Central Africa (section Kongo Kingdom)
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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Brazzaville (category Articles containing Kongo-language text)
Brazzaville (French pronunciation: [bʁazavil], Kongo: Ntamo, Ntambo, Kintamo, Kintambo, Tandala, Mavula; Teke: M'fa, Mfaa, Mfa, Mfoa) is the capital and...
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Congolese Civil War (section Congo-Kinshasa)
Africa. Kongo Civil War (1665–1709), in the historic Kingdom of Kongo Civil wars in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (also known as Congo-Kinshasa and...
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known as Kalina), also known as La Gombe, or Downtown Kinshasa, is one of the 24 communes of Kinshasa, in the western part of the Democratic Republic of...
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Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (redirect from Music of Congo-Kinshasa)
Democratic Republic of the Congo are sung in Lingala. Since the colonial era, Kinshasa, Congo's capital, has been one of the great centers of musical innovation...
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Puissance spirituelle du verbe (category CS1 Kongo-language sources (kg))
2021-11-05. Ne Muanda Nsemi (Bundu dia Kongo) (1998). Puissance Spirituelle du Verbe (Congo) - Mvutu kua PSV (in Kongo). Kinshasa: Ndietika Mpolo Ngimbi. p. 32...
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National Assembly representing the Kinshasa 2 constituency in Kinshasa, on behalf of the Alliance of Movements of Kongo (AMK), a party within Moïse Katumbi's...
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Lingala (redirect from Kinshasa Lingala language)
Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser degree as a trade language or because...
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The city of Kinshasa has had a different status under each of the different regimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa was alternatively...
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Operation Kitona (section Chaos in Kinshasa)
interests by quickly taking control of Kinshasa and the strategic western province of Bas-Congo (today Kongo Central). On August 4, 1998, joint Rwandan...
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congregation to live in Boma (Kongo Central) where he worked and owned a house for several years. Later, he moved to Leopoldville (Kinshasa) in Kalina, where he...
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