Mbanza (ethnic Group)
Mbanza, or M'banza, may refer to: Places ;Angola * M'banza-Kongo, a city in Zaire Province * Mbanza-Soyo (officially Soyo), a city in Zaire Province *Mbanza (territory), a historical region of the Kingdom of Kongo ;DR Congo *Mbanza-Ngungu, a city in Bas-Congo Province *Mbanza (village), a village in Bas-Congo Province Other * Mbanza (ethnic group), an ethnic group of Central Africa * Mbanza language, a Ubangian language spoken in Central Africa *Mbanza Congo Airport Mbanza Congo Airport is an airport serving M'banza Congo, the capital of Zaire Province in northwestern Angola. Passenger flights resumed in August 2017 following an eight-year gap, during which the airport was closed for construction works. Th ...

M'banza-Kongo
Mbanza-Kongo (, , or , known as São Salvador in Portuguese from 1570 to 1975), is the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province 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. History Mbanza-Kongo (formerly called ''Nkumba a Ngudi'', ''Mongo wa Kaila'' and ''Kongo dia Ngung ...
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Soyo
Soyo (formerly known as ''Santo António do Zaire'') is a city, with a population of 200,920 (2014 census), and a municipality, with a population of 227,175 (2014 census), located in the province of Zaire in Angola, at the mouth of the Congo river. Soyo recently became the largest oil-producing region in the country, with an estimate of . Early history Soyo (originally spelled "Sonho" and pronounced Sonyo) was a province of the Kingdom of Kongo, which stretched south from the mouth of the Congo River to the River Loze, and inland from about 100 kilometers. It was already an administrative entity whose ruler or governor bore the title ''mwene Soyo'' or "lord of Soyo" when the Portuguese arrived in 1482. The ruler was the first Kongo lord to be baptized when Christian missionaries came to the kingdom of Kongo in 1491. Soyo was typically ruled in the sixteenth century by a member of Kongo's royal family, presumably appointed by the king and serving for a limited term. The ruler at ...
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Mbanza (territory)
Mbanza, or M'banza, may refer to: Places ;Angola * M'banza-Kongo, a city in Zaire Province * Mbanza-Soyo (officially Soyo), a city in Zaire Province * Mbanza (territory), a historical region of the Kingdom of Kongo ;DR Congo *Mbanza-Ngungu, a city in Bas-Congo Province * Mbanza (village), a village in Bas-Congo Province Other * Mbanza (ethnic group), an ethnic group of Central Africa * Mbanza language, a Ubangian language spoken in Central Africa *Mbanza Congo Airport Mbanza Congo Airport is an airport serving M'banza Congo, the capital of Zaire Province in northwestern Angola. Passenger flights resumed in August 2017 following an eight-year gap, during which the airport was closed for construction works. Th ...

Kingdom Of Kongo
The Kingdom of Kongo ( kg, Kongo dya Ntotila or ''Wene wa Kongo;'' pt, Reino do Congo) was a kingdom located in central Africa in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of the Congo. At its greatest extent it reached from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Kwango River in the east, and from the Congo River in the north to the Kwanza River in the south. The kingdom consisted of several core provinces ruled by the ''Manikongo'', the Portuguese version of the Kongo title ''Mwene Kongo'', meaning "lord or ruler of the Kongo kingdom", but its sphere of influence extended to neighbouring kingdoms, such as Ngoyo, Kakongo, Loango, Ndongo and Matamba, the latter two located in what is Angola today. From c. 1390 to 1862 it was an independent state. From 1862 to 1914 it functioned intermittently as a vassal state of the Kingdom of Portugal. In 1914, following the Portuguese suppression of a Kongo revolt, Portugal abol ...
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Mbanza-Ngungu
Mbanza-Ngungu, formerly known as Thysville or Thysstad, named after Albert Thys, is a city and 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 has a population of nearly 100,000 people. Overview Formerly known as a resort town, it is home to the Thysville Caves, which encompass the entire range of the colourless African blind barb. It is home to a major FARDC garrison: the 1st Armoured Brigade was based here during the early 1990s period.Ed. by Sandra W. Meditz and Tim MerrillCountry Study for Zaire 1993, Library of Congress The 1st Armoured Brigade was first listed in the IISS Military Balance in 1982-83 edition, implying that the brigade may have been created during that period.IISS Military Balance 82/83, page 71 The city's other main industry is railway engineering. The city is currently the main site of Kongo University. Gallery Swiss photographer Annemarie Schw ...
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Mbanza (village)
Mbanza, or M'banza, may refer to: Places ;Angola * M'banza-Kongo, a city in Zaire Province * Mbanza-Soyo (officially Soyo), a city in Zaire Province *Mbanza (territory), a historical region of the Kingdom of Kongo ;DR Congo *Mbanza-Ngungu, a city in Bas-Congo Province * Mbanza (village), a village in Bas-Congo Province Other * Mbanza (ethnic group), an ethnic group of Central Africa * Mbanza language, a Ubangian language spoken in Central Africa *Mbanza Congo Airport Mbanza Congo Airport is an airport serving M'banza Congo, the capital of Zaire Province in northwestern Angola. Passenger flights resumed in August 2017 following an eight-year gap, during which the airport was closed for construction works. Th ...

Mbanza (ethnic Group)
Mbanza, or M'banza, may refer to: Places ;Angola * M'banza-Kongo, a city in Zaire Province * Mbanza-Soyo (officially Soyo), a city in Zaire Province *Mbanza (territory), a historical region of the Kingdom of Kongo ;DR Congo *Mbanza-Ngungu, a city in Bas-Congo Province *Mbanza (village), a village in Bas-Congo Province Other * Mbanza (ethnic group), an ethnic group of Central Africa * Mbanza language, a Ubangian language spoken in Central Africa *Mbanza Congo Airport Mbanza Congo Airport is an airport serving M'banza Congo, the capital of Zaire Province in northwestern Angola. Passenger flights resumed in August 2017 following an eight-year gap, during which the airport was closed for construction works. Th ...

Mbanza Language
Mbandja (Banja, Mbanza) is the largest of the Banda languages. There are 350,000 speakers in DRC, 10,000 in the Republic of Congo, and an unknown number in CAR. Phonology Consonants * ‹mainly occurs as a sound of /n/, when preceding a velar consonant. Vowels References Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Languages of the Republic of the Congo Languages of the Central African Republic Banda languages {{Ubangian-lang-stub ...
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