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Available in 54 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-54" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">54 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27Banza_Kongo" title="M'Banza Kongo – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="M'Banza Kongo" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA%D9%88" title="مبانزا كونغو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مبانزا كونغو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbanza-Konqo" title="Mbanza-Konqo – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Mbanza-Konqo" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%82%D9%88%D8%8C_%D8%A2%D9%86%D9%82%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7" title="مبنزاکنقو، آنقولا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مبنزاکنقو، آنقولا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Мбанза-Конга – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Мбанза-Конга" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE" title="Мбанза Конго – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мбанза Конго" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbanza_Kongo" title="Mbanza Kongo – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mbanza Kongo" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbanza_Congo_(kapital_sa_lalawigan_sa_Anggola)" title="Mbanza Congo (kapital sa lalawigan sa Anggola) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Mbanza Congo (kapital sa lalawigan sa Anggola)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27Banza_Kongo" title="M'Banza Kongo – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="M'Banza Kongo" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E2%80%99banza_Kongo" title="M’banza Kongo – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="M’banza Kongo" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B6%CE%B1_%CE%9A%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%BF" title="Εμπάνζα Κόνγκο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εμπάνζα Κόνγκο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbanza_Kongo" title="Mbanza Kongo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mbanza Kongo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27banza_Kongo" title="M'banza Kongo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="M'banza Kongo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%8C_%D8%A2%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7" title="مبنزاکنگو، آنگولا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مبنزاکنگو، آنگولا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbanza-Kongo" title="Mbanza-Kongo – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mbanza-Kongo" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbanza-Kongo" title="Mbanza-Kongo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Mbanza-Kongo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%8C%EB%B0%98%EC%9E%90%EC%BD%A9%EA%B5%AC" title="음반자콩구 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="음반자콩구" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27banza-Kongo" title="M'banza-Kongo – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="M'banza-Kongo" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A6%D5%A1-%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%B8" title="Մբանզա-Կոնգո – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մբանզա-Կոնգո" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27banza_Kongo" title="M'banza Kongo – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="M'banza Kongo" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27banza-Kongo" title="M'banza-Kongo – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="M'banza-Kongo" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27banza-Kongo" title="M'banza-Kongo – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="M'banza-Kongo" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbanza_Congo" title="Mbanza Congo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mbanza Congo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%96%D7%94_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%95" title="מבאנזה קונגו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מבאנזה קונגו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%96%E1%83%90-%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D" title="მბანზა-კონგო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მბანზა-კონგო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27banza-Kongo" title="M'banza-Kongo – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="M'banza-Kongo" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mb%C3%A2nza_K%C3%B4ngo" title="Mbânza Kôngo – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Mbânza Kôngo" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbanza-Kongo" title="Mbanza-Kongo – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Mbanza-Kongo" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbanza_Kongo" title="Mbanza Kongo – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Mbanza Kongo" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27banza_Kongo" title="M'banza Kongo – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="M'banza Kongo" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbanza_Kongas" title="Mbanza Kongas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mbanza Kongas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbanza_Kongo" title="Mbanza Kongo – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Mbanza Kongo" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88" title="مبانزا كونجو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مبانزا كونجو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbanza_Kongo" title="Mbanza Kongo – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Mbanza Kongo" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27banza-Kongo" title="M'banza-Kongo – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="M'banza-Kongo" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B6%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B4" title="ンバンザ＝コンゴ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ンバンザ＝コンゴ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27banza-Kongo" title="M'banza-Kongo – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="M'banza-Kongo" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E2%80%99banza-Kongo" title="M’banza-Kongo – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="M’banza-Kongo" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbanza_Kongo" title="Mbanza Kongo – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Mbanza Kongo" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27banza-Kongo" title="M'banza-Kongo – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="M'banza-Kongo" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7-%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%88" title="میبازا-کونگو – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="میبازا-کونگو" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E2%80%99banza-Kongo" title="M’banza-Kongo – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="M’banza-Kongo" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27banza_Congo" title="M'banza Congo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="M'banza Congo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li 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class="ib-settlement-caption">Mbanza Kongo (São Salvador) in 1745</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:300px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:300px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:300px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Angola_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mbanza Kongo is located in Angola"><img alt="Mbanza Kongo is located in Angola" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Angola_location_map.svg/300px-Angola_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Angola_location_map.svg/450px-Angola_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Angola_location_map.svg/600px-Angola_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1266" data-file-height="1388" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:15.054%;left:23.493%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mbanza Kongo"><img alt="Mbanza Kongo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Mbanza Kongo</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Angola</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=M%27banza-Kongo&params=6_16_04_S_14_14_53_E_region:AO_type:city(180329)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°16′04″S</span> <span class="longitude">14°14′53″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.26778°S 14.24806°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-6.26778; 14.24806</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Angola" title="Provinces of Angola">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zaire_Province" title="Zaire Province">Zaire Province</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">c. 1390</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">408 m (1,339 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2014)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">180,329</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Time" title="West Africa Time">WAT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tropical_savanna_climate" title="Tropical savanna climate">Aw</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><div style="border:4px solid #0177D3; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official name</th><td class="infobox-data">Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Cultural</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criteria</th><td class="infobox-data">iii, iv</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designated</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_by_year_of_inscription#2017_(41st_session)" title="List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription">2017</a> <small>(41st <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">session</a>)</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference no.</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1511">1511</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Africa" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Africa">Africa</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mbanza Kongo</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Portuguese pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pt-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Portuguese" title="Help:IPA/Portuguese">[ɐ̃ˈbɐ̃zɐ]</a></span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pt-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Portuguese" title="Help:IPA/Portuguese">[ĩˈbɐ̃zɐ]</a></span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pt-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Portuguese" title="Help:IPA/Portuguese">[mɨˈβɐ̃zɐ]</a></span><small> or </small><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pt-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Portuguese" title="Help:IPA/Portuguese">[miˈβɐ̃zɐ<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈkõɡu]</a></span>, known as <b>São Salvador</b> in <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a> from 1570 to 1976; <a href="/wiki/Kongo_language" title="Kongo language">Kongo</a>: <i lang="kg">Mbânza Kôngo</i>), is the capital of <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>'s northwestern <a href="/wiki/Zaire_Province" title="Zaire Province">Zaire Province</a><sup id="cite_ref-f_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SheehanYong2010_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SheehanYong2010-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a population of 148,000 in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mbanza Kongo was the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kongo" title="Kingdom of Kongo">Kingdom of Kongo</a> since its foundation before the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese</a> in 1483 until the abolition of the kingdom in 1915, aside from a brief period of abandonment during <a href="/wiki/Kongo_Civil_War" title="Kongo Civil War">civil wars in the 17th century</a>. In 2017, Mbanza Kongo was declared a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M%27banza-Kongo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mbanza Kongo (formerly called <i>Nkumba a Ngudi</i>, <i>Mongo wa Kaila</i> and <i>Kongo dia Ngunga</i> <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) was founded by the first <a href="/wiki/Manikongo" title="Manikongo">manikongo</a>, Lukeni, at a junction of major trade routes.<sup id="cite_ref-Green_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 202">: 202 </span></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kongo" title="Kingdom of Kongo">Kingdom of Kongo</a> at its peak reached from <a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">southern Africa</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic</a> coast to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nkisi_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nkisi River (page does not exist)">Nkisi River</a>. The Manikongo was chosen by clan leaders to rule some 300 mi<sup>2</sup>, an area that today is part of several countries. The Portuguese who first reached it in 1491 travelled ten days to get there from the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Congo_River" title="Congo River">Congo River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bras%C3%A3o_de_S%C3%A3o_Salvador_do_Congo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Bras%C3%A3o_de_S%C3%A3o_Salvador_do_Congo.png/170px-Bras%C3%A3o_de_S%C3%A3o_Salvador_do_Congo.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Bras%C3%A3o_de_S%C3%A3o_Salvador_do_Congo.png/255px-Bras%C3%A3o_de_S%C3%A3o_Salvador_do_Congo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Bras%C3%A3o_de_S%C3%A3o_Salvador_do_Congo.png 2x" data-file-width="274" data-file-height="280" /></a><figcaption>Portuguese coat of arms of São Salvador</figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest documented kings referred to their city in their correspondence as "the city of Congo" (<i>cidade do Congo</i>), and the name of the city as <i>São Salvador</i> appears for the first time in the letters of <a href="/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_I_of_Kongo" title="Álvaro I of Kongo">Álvaro I of Kongo</a> (1568–1587) and was carried on by his successors. </p><p>When the Portuguese arrived in Kongo, Mbanza Kongo was already a large town, perhaps the largest in sub-equatorial Africa, and a letter from the Portuguese ambassador to Lisbon compared the size of the city (inside the inner walls) to the Portuguese town of <a href="/wiki/%C3%89vora" title="Évora">Évora</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the 1550s Mbanza Kongo hosted a community of Portuguese traders and <a href="/wiki/Jesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit">Jesuit</a> missionaries who conspired together in an attempted overthrow of the manikongo <a href="/wiki/Diogo_I_Nkumbi_a_Mpudi" title="Diogo I Nkumbi a Mpudi">Diogo I Nkumbi a Mpudi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Green_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 217">: 217 </span></sup> </p><p>In 1568 the manikongo <a href="/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_I_of_Kongo" title="Álvaro I of Kongo">Alvaro I</a> was driven from Mbanza Kongo by the invading <a href="/wiki/Jaga_(Kongo)" title="Jaga (Kongo)">Jagas</a>, who sacked the city. Alvaro managed to reclaim the capital with Portuguese military help, but had to yield <a href="/wiki/Luanda" title="Luanda">Luanda</a>, source of the <i>nzimbu</i> <a href="/wiki/Shell_money" title="Shell money">currency</a> used in the kingdom, to them in payment.<sup id="cite_ref-Green_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 218">: 218 </span></sup> </p><p>During the reign of <a href="/wiki/Afonso_II_of_Kongo" title="Afonso II of Kongo">Afonso II</a>, stone buildings were added, including a palace and several churches. Mbanza Kongo grew substantially as the kingdom of Kongo expanded and grew, and an ecclesiastical statement of the 1630s related that 4,000-5,000 baptisms were performed in the city and its immediate <a href="/wiki/Hinterland" title="Hinterland">hinterland</a> (presumably the valleys that surround it), which is consistent with an overall population of 100,000 people. Of these, perhaps 30,000 lived on the mountain and the remainder in the valleys around the city. Among its important buildings were some twelve churches, including São Salvador, as well as private chapels and <a href="/wiki/Oratory_(worship)" title="Oratory (worship)">oratories</a> and an impressive two-story royal palace, the only such building in all of Kongo, according to visitor Giovanni Francesco da Roma (1648).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The city was sacked several times during the civil wars that followed the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mbwila" title="Battle of Mbwila">Battle of Mbwila</a> (or Ulanga) in 1665, and was abandoned in 1678. It was reoccupied in 1705 by Dona Beatriz <a href="/wiki/Kimpa_Vita" title="Kimpa Vita">Kimpa Vita</a>'s followers and restored as Kongo's capital by King <a href="/wiki/Pedro_IV_of_Kongo" title="Pedro IV of Kongo">Pedro IV of Kongo</a> in 1709.<sup id="cite_ref-Green_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Green-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 256">: 256 </span></sup> It was never again depopulated though its population fluctuated substantially during the eighteenth and nineteenth century. </p><p>The name was changed back to "City of Kongo" (Mbanza Kongo) shortly after Angolan independence. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M%27banza-Kongo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mbanza Kongo lies close to Angola's border with the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>. It is located at around <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=M%27banza-Kongo&params=6_16_0_S_14_15_0_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°16′0″S</span> <span class="longitude">14°15′0″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.26667°S 14.25000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-6.26667; 14.25000</span></span></span></a></span></span> 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M%27banza-Kongo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>M'banza-Kongo has a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_savanna_climate" title="Tropical savanna climate">tropical savanna climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Aw</i>) similar to <a href="/wiki/Kinshasa" title="Kinshasa">Kinshasa</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pointe-Noire" title="Pointe-Noire">Pointe-Noire</a>, characterised by a fairly long though not intense <a href="/wiki/Wet_season" title="Wet season">wet season</a> from October to May, and a relatively short but almost rainless <a href="/wiki/Dry_season" title="Dry season">dry season</a> from June to September caused by the strong influence of the cold <a href="/wiki/Benguela_Current" title="Benguela Current">Benguela Current</a> during this period. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for M'banza-Kongo (1920–1952) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.5<br />(92.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8844; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.0<br />(98.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8844; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.7<br />(99.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(95.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8844; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8844; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">37.7<br />(99.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.1<br />(82.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(83.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(76.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(76.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.4<br />(81.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27.4<br />(81.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(76.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.6<br />(70.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.8<br />(67.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(63.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(63.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.1<br />(68.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.5<br />(61.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(62.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.5<br />(61.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #2FFF2F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">139<br />(5.5) </td> <td style="background: #25FF25; color:#000000;" class="notheme">133<br />(5.2) </td> <td style="background: #00F900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">175<br />(6.9) </td> <td style="background: #007500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">255<br />(10.0) </td> <td style="background: #16FF16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">156<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(0.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(0.2) </td> <td style="background: #F2FFF2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(0.3) </td> <td style="background: #87FF87; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #00FC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">167<br />(6.6) </td> <td style="background: #00ED00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">183<br />(7.2) </td> <td style="background: #5AFF5A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,299<br />(51.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">86 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Deutscher_Wetterdienst" title="Deutscher Wetterdienst">Deutscher Wetterdienst</a><sup id="cite_ref-DWD_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DWD-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sites">Sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M%27banza-Kongo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>M'banza Kongo is known for the ruins of its 16th century <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Holy_Saviour_of_Congo" title="Cathedral of the Holy Saviour of Congo">Cathedral of the Holy Saviour of Congo</a> (built in 1491), which many Angolans claim is the oldest church in <a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">sub-Saharan Africa</a>. The present-day church, called São Salvador, known locally as <i>nkulumbimbi</i>, is now said to have been built by angels overnight. It was elevated to the status of cathedral in 1596. <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> visited the site during his tour of Angola in 1992. </p><p>Another interesting site of historical significance is the memorial to <a href="/wiki/Afonso_I_of_Kongo" title="Afonso I of Kongo">King Afonso I</a>'s mother near the <a href="/wiki/Mbanza_Congo_Airport" title="Mbanza Congo Airport">airport</a>, which commemorates a popular legend that began in the 1680s that the king had buried his mother alive because she was not willing to give up an "idol" which she wore around her neck. </p><p>Other important sites include the <i>Jalankuwo</i>, the Manikongo's judgement tree, which can still be found in the downtown area of the city, along with the sunguilu, a rectangular ground level structure where local tradition says the king's body was washed before burial. Both are on the grounds of the royal palace and present day Royal Museum.<sup id="cite_ref-f_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Royal Museum, recently rebuilt as a modern structure, houses an impressive collection of artifacts from the old Kingdom, even though many were lost from the older building during the <a href="/wiki/Angolan_Civil_War" title="Angolan Civil War">Civil War of 1976–2002</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M%27banza-Kongo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/">Citypopulation.de</a> Population of provinces and municipalities in Angola</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-f-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-f_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-f_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFernandes2013" class="citation journal cs1">Fernandes, José Manuel (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.macaomagazine.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=290:mbanza-kongo-the-first-christian-african-city-south-of-the-equator&catid=51:issue-16">"M'Banza Kongo: The first Christian African city south of the Equator"</a>. <i>Macao Magazine</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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