Kakongo

Kingdom of Kakongo
Kingdom of Kakongo
13th century–1885
	Royal banner (c. 1883)
	Henry Morton Stanley's map of the area during his expedition down the Congo River
Capital	Kinguele
Common languages	Kikongo
Religion	Bukongo
Government	Monarchy
History
• Established	13th century
• Coast occupied by Portugal	1883
• Incorporated into Portuguese Angola	1885

Kakongo was a small kingdom located on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, in the modern-day Republic of the Congo and Cabinda Province, Angola. In the 13th century it formed part of a confederation led by Vungu.^[1]^: 24–25 Along with its neighboring kingdoms of Ngoyo and Loango, Kakongo became an important political commercial center during the 17th through 19th centuries. The people speak a dialect of the Kikongo language and thus may be considered a part of the Bakongo ethnicity. Kakongo was a vassal of the Kingdom of Kongo for a part of its history.

^ Thornton, John K., ed. (2020), "The Development of States in West Central Africa to 1540", A History of West Central Africa to 1850, New Approaches to African History, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 16–55, ISBN 978-1-107-56593-7, retrieved 2024-09-21

[1] Thornton, John K., ed. (2020), "The Development of States in West Central Africa to 1540", A History of West Central Africa to 1850, New Approaches to African History, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 16–55, ISBN 978-1-107-56593-7, retrieved 2024-09-21

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