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Mbanza Congo Destination Guide

Discover Mbanza Congo in Angola

Mbanza Congo in the region of Zaire with its 24,220 habitants is a town located in Angola - some 190 mi or ( 306 km ) North of Luanda , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Mbanza Congo

Local time in Mbanza Congo is now 10:21 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Luanda " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Zamba, Uíge, Tumbi, Ntuco, and Quioua. When in this area, you might want to check out Zamba . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Mbanza Congo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Zaire Province

Zaire is one of the 18 provinces of Angola. It occupies 40,130 square kilometres in the north west of the country and has a population of approximately 600,000. It has a tropical climate. M'Banza Kongo, formerly São Salvador, is the capital of the province.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -6.27 14.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Provinces of Angola, Zaire Province

Mbanza Congo Airport

Mbanza Congo Airport or M'banza Congo Airport is an airport serving Mbanza Congo (also known as M'banza Congo or M'banza-Kongo) in northwestern Angola.

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Located at -6.27 14.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Airports in Angola

M'banza-Kongo

M'banza-Kongo (known as São Salvador in Portuguese from 1570 to 1975), is the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province. M'banza Kongo (properly Mbanza Koongo or Kôngo in most acceptable orthographies) was founded some time before the arrival of the Portuguese and was the capital of the dynasty ruling at that time (1483). The site was temporarily abandoned during civil wars in the 17th century. It lies close to Angola's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -6.27 14.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Capitals of former nations, Former populated places in Angola, Municipalities of Angola, Populated places in Zaire Province, Provincial capitals in Angola

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Mbanza Congo

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Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.