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Kingdom of Kongo

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Kingdom of Kongo Wene wa Kongo or Kongo dya Ntotila
Sovereign Kingdom (1390 - 1857) Vassal Kingdom of the Kingdom of Portugal (1857 - 1914)
← 1390[1]–1914 →   →   →
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The "Kingdom of Congo" (now usually rendered as "Kingdom of Kongo" to maintain distinction from the present-day Kongo nations)
Capital		São Salvador, Angola;[2]
Languages		KiKongo Portuguese
Religion		Christianity with some traditional practices
Government		Monarchy
King
-	c. 1390s	Lukeni lua Nimi (first)
-	1911–1914	Manuel III (last)
Legislature		King's Council of 12
History
-	Conquest of Kabunga	1390[1]
-	Kongo Civil War begins	29 October 1665
-	Kongo Reunification	February, 1709
-	Kongo becomes vassal of Portugal	1857
-	Dissolution by Portuguese authority	1914
Area
-	c. 1650[3]	129,400 km² (49,962 sq mi)
Population
-	c. 1650[3] est.	509,250
Density		3.9 /km²  (10.2 /sq mi)
Currency		Nzimbu shells and Raffia cloth

The Kingdom of Kongo (Kongo: Kongo dya Ntotila^[4] or Wene wa Kongo^[5] or Portuguese: Reino do Congo) was an African kingdom located in west central Africa in what is now northern Angola, Cabinda, the Republic of the Congo, and the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[6] as well as the southernmost part of Gabon.^[7] 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, Ndongo and Matamba.^[8]