Battle of Pungo Andongo
| Battle of Pungo Andongo | |||||||||
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| Part of the Angolan Wars | |||||||||
Rocky outcrops in the vicinity of Pungo Andongo | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Portugal | Kingdom of Ndongo | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Luís Lopes de Sequeira |
Dom João Hari
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| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
The battle of Pungo Andongo (also known as the siege of Pungo Andongo or the battle of Mpungu-a-Ndongo), was a military engagement in what is today Angola between Portugal and the Kingdom of Ndongo (Andongo in Portuguese) whose capital, Pungo Andongo, also known as Pedras Negras, was besieged. After a 9-month long encirclement, the capital was taken by storm, plundered, and occupied by the Portuguese.
The entire royal family of Ndongo was captured, and the Portuguese built a fort on Pungo Andongo. The Kingdom of Ndongo therefore ceased to exist.