Banza may refer to: *

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 orthog ...

, formerly known as São Salvador, the capital of Zaire Province, Angola * ''

Banza (katydid) ''Banza''Walker F (1870) ''Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum'' 3: 476. is a genus of conehead bush crickets found in Korea, Japan, and Pacific islands including Hawaii. Species Species ...

'', a katydid genus endemic to Hawaii * Banza, Central African Republic, a town that is near to

Karawa, Central African Republic Karawa is a village in the Lobaye region in the Central African Republic approximately 55 km southwest of the capital, Bangui. Nearby towns and villages include Banza, Central African Republic, Banza (6.0 nm), Kinga(town), Kinga (2.2&n ...

* An alternative name for the

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

* Banza, a barangay of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines * Banza, a company that produces noodles with garbanzo beans (or

chickpea The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Its different types are variously known as gram" or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, or Egyptian pea. Chickpea seeds are high ...

People with the surname

Alexandre Banza Lieutenant Colonel Alexandre Banza (10 October 1932 – 12 April 1969) was a military officer and politician in the Central African Republic. Born in Carnot, Ubangi-Shari, Banza served with the French Army during the First Indochina War be ...

(1932–1969), Central African military officer and politician * Céline Banza (born 1997), singer-songwriter and guitarist from the DR Congo * Jean-Kasongo Banza (born 1974), retired professional football player from the DR Congo Kongo-language surnames {{disambiguation, surname