The Mbunda Kingdom ( Mbunda: ''Chiundi ca Mbunda'' or ''Vumwene vwa Chiundi'' or

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

: ''Reino dos Bundas'') was an African kingdom located in west central Africa, what is now south-east

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. At its greatest extent, it reached from Mithimoyi in the central Moxico to the

Cuando Cubango Province Cuando Cubango (Umbundu: Kwando Kubango Volupale) is a province of Angola and it has an area of 199,049km2 and a population of 534,002 in 2014. Menongue is the capital of the province. The governor of the province is José Martins, who was appoi ...

in the south-east, bordering with

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

. The kingdom was ruled by Mwene wa Chiundi (King). The kingdom was ultimately conquered in a war with Portugal in 1917, called the

Kolongongo War The Kolongongo War was a war fought between the Mbunda people The Vambunda (singular ''Kambunda'', adjective and language ''Mbunda'', ''Mbúùnda'' or ''Chimbúùnda'') are a Bantu people who, during the Bantu migrations, came from the north ...

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Former monarchies of Africa Former kingdoms Countries in precolonial Africa 18th century in Angola 19th century in Angola 1900s in Angola 1910s in Angola Cuando Cubango Province Moxico Province States and territories established in 1700 States and territories disestablished in 1914 1700 establishments in Africa 1914 disestablishments in Africa {{Africa-hist-stub

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