River Cuango
The Cuango or Kwango ( pt, Rio Cuango) is a Angola–Democratic Republic of the Congo border, transboundary river of Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the largest left bank tributary of the Kasai River in the Congo River basin. It flows through Malanje in Angola. The Kwango River basin has large resources of diamonds in the Chitamba-Lulo Kimberlite Cluster in Lunda Norte Province, discovered in the main river channel and on flats and terraces in its flood plains. History The Rund Kingdom, which expanded to become the Kingdom of Lunda, Lunda Empire, encompassed territory stretching from Kwango River to the Luapula River. Its rulers partook in the Slavery in Africa, slave trade. Lunda's expansion in the valley promoted a common political and cultural heritage while also promoting slave trading, accounting for the low population densities between the Kwango and Kwilu River, Kwilu rivers.Ogot, p.607 Portuguese Angola, The Portuguese colonized the Kwango River valley and ...
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Angola
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