Kakongo
Kingdom of Kakongo | |||||||||
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| pre 13th century–1885 | |||||||||
Royal banner (c. 1883) | |||||||||
States of the western Congo Basin, including Kakongo, c. 1350 | |||||||||
| Capital | Kinguele | ||||||||
| Common languages | Kikongo | ||||||||
| Religion | Bakongo | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | pre 13th century | ||||||||
• Coast occupied by Portugal | 1883 | ||||||||
• Incorporated into Portuguese Angola | 1885 | ||||||||
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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. 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.