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Congo, Kongo, or Kongō may refer to: map of Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa Licensed for use in accordance with the GFDL. File links The following pages link to this file: Congo Categories: GFDL images ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ...

In Africa:

• Congo River, an African river
• Republic of the Congo, an African country to the west of the Congo River
  • French Congo (1880-1910)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo, an African country to the east of the Congo River
  • Congo Free State (1885-1908)
  • Belgian Congo (1908-1960)
  • Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1960-1964)
  • Zaire (1971 – 1997)
• Kingdom of Kongo (1400-1914), which comprised parts of present-day Angola, Cabinda, the Republic of the Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Kongo dia Nlaza, small eastern kingdom absorbed into the Kingdom of Kongo in the 16th century
• Kongo people, an ethnic group in both Congos and Angola, sometimes referred to as Congolese
• Kongo language, sometimes called Kikongo, the Bantu language spoken by the Kongo people, and the base for the Kituba language
• Portuguese Congo, now the Angolan exclave of Cabinda
• Congo craton, an ancient and stable piece of continental crust
• M'banza-Kongo, the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province
• Kongo Central, the former Bas-Congo province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Congolian forests, the Congo basin forests.

In Japan: The Congo River (for a time known as Zaire River) is the largest river in Western Central Africa. ... French Congo was the original French colony established in the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Central African Republic. ... Capital Boma Government Monarchy Ruler and owner Leopold II of Belgium Historical era New Imperialism  - Established 1885  - Annexation by Belgium 15 November, 1908 The Congo Free State was a corporate state privately controlled by Leopold II, King of the Belgians through a dummy non-governmental organization, the Association Internationale Africaine. ... Motto: Travail et Progres (Work and Progress) The Belgian Congo Capital Léopoldville/Leopoldstad Political structure Colony Governor  - 1908-1910 Baron Wahis  - 1946-1951 Eugène Jacques Pierre Louis Jungers  - 1958-1960 Henri Arthur Adolf Marie Christopher Cornelis History  - Established 15 November, 1908  - Congolese independence 30 June, 1960 The Belgian... Motto (French for Peace - Justice - Work) Anthem Capital Léopoldville Language(s) French (Lingala, Kongo language, Swahili, Tshiluba were national languages) Government Republic President  - 1960-1965 Joseph Kasa-Vubu Prime Minister  - 1960 Patrice Lumumba  - 1961-64 Cyrille Adoula  - 1965 Évariste Kimba Historical era Cold War  - Independence July 1, 1960  - Kasai... The Kingdom of Congo (now usually rendered as Kingdom of Kongo to maintain distinction from the present-day Congo nations) Capital Mbanza-Kongo, Angola; re-named São Salvador in the late 16th century; re-named back to Mbanza-Kongo in 1975 Religion Christianity with some traditional practices Government Monarchy... A little known kingdom that existed to the east of the Kingdom of Kongo and was absorbed into Kongo in the late sixteenth century. ... The Bakongo or the Kongo people (meaning hunter) live along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Pointe-Noire (Brazzaville) to Luanda, Angola. ... Kongo or Kikongo is the Bantu language spoken by the Bakongo people living in the tropical forests of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo and Angola. ... Map of Angola, highlighting Cabinda Cabinda is a small territory, currently administered as an exclave of Angola, resulting from the fusion of three kingdoms: Ngoyo, Loango and Cacongo. ... The Congo craton, covered by the Palaeozoic-to-recent Congo basin, is an ancient Precambrian craton that with four others (the Kaapvaal, Zimbabwe, Tazania, and West African cratons) makes up the modern continent of Africa. ... Mbanza-Kongo, formerly known as São Salvador, is the capital of Angolas northwestern Zaire Province. ... Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Capital Matadi Largest city Matadi National Language Kikongo Land area¹ 53. ... The Congolian forests are a broad belt of lowland tropical moist broadleaf forest which extends across the basin of the Congo River and its tributaries in Central Africa. ...

• Mount Kongō, a mountain in Osaka prefecture
• Japanese corvette Kongō (1877)
• Kongō class battlecruiser
  • Japanese battleship Kongō (1913-1945)
• Kongō class destroyer

In entertainment: Mount Kongō (Japanese: 金剛山) is a 1125 meter high mountain in the Senshu region of the Osaka Prefecture, Kansai, Japan. ... The Kongō (金剛) was a 1878 armored corvette of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... The Kongō class battlecruisers were designed for the Imperial Japanese Navy by the British designer Sir George Thurston and the first ship, Kongō, was built in Britain by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness in 1913. ... Kongō (金剛, vajra or indestructible) was the Imperial Japanese Navys first super-dreadnought type battlecruiser, and the name-ship of her class, which also included the Hiei, Kirishima, and Haruna. ... The Kongō class of guided missile destroyers, a modification of the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke class (Flight I), serves as the core ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)s Escort Flotillas. ...

• Congo (novel), a 1980 novel by Michael Crichton
  • Congo (film), a 1995 film based on Crichton's novel
  • Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj, a 1995 Sega Saturn video game
• Kongo, a 1932 film starring Walter Huston, Lupe Velez, and Conrad Nagel
• Kongo, the main character in the Monkey Magic anime series

In music: Congo is a novel by American writer Michael Crichton. ... Congo is a 1995 movie, based on Michael Crichtons 1980 novel Congo. ... Lupe Vélez Lupe Vélez (July 18, 1908 - December 13, 1944) was a Mexican actress. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

• The Congos, a Jamaican reggae duo
• "Congo" (song), a 1997 song by Genesis
• Congo or Soukous, a genre of music from the Congos

Other uses: Heart of the Congos The Congos were the reggae duo Ashanti Roy Johnson tenor, and Cedric Myton falsetto, both born in 1947. ... Congo was the debut single from the Genesis album Calling All Stations. ... // Soukous is a musical genre that originated in the Congos during the 1930s and early 1940s, and which has gained popularity throughout Africa. ...

• Congo (loa), a spirit in Haitian voodoo mythology
• Common name for Agkistrodon piscivorus, a venomous snake
• Congo Peafowl, a bird species
• CONGO or the Conference of NGOs, a worldwide group of charity and aid organizations
• Kongo or yawara, a martial arts weapon

People with the family name: In the Voodoo faith, Congo is a handsome but apathetic loa. ... Binomial name (Lacépède, 1789) Synonyms Vipera aquatica - Catesby, 1743 Crot[alus]. Piscivorus - Lacépède, 1789 C[rotalus]. Aquaticus - Bonnaterre, 1790 Scytale piscivora - Sonnini & Latreille, 1801 Coluber Aquaticus - Shaw, 1802 Coluber Tisiphone - Shaw, 1802 Scytale piscivorus - Daudin, 1803 [Coluber (Natrix)] piscivorus - Merrem, 1820 Colub[er]. tisiphone - Cuvier, 1829... This article is in need of attention. ...  Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Look up Congo, Kongo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A yawara is a weapon used in various martial arts. ...

This page or section lists people with the surname Kongo. If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this page, you may wish to add the given name(s) to that link.

• Cheick Kongo (born 1975), mixed martial arts fighter
• Kongō Masahiro (born 1948), former sumo wrestler
• John Kongos (born 1945), South African musician, leader of the band "Johnny Kongos and the G-Men"
• Kid Congo Powers (born 1960), American singer and guitarist

Cheick Kongo Guillaume Ouedraogo[2] (born May 17, 1975 in Paris, France) is a heavyweight mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. ... John Kongos (born 6th September 1946, Johannesburg, South Africa) is a singer/songwriter. ... Kid Congo Powers is a formative influence on dark, rootsy punk music. ...

See also

• Conga (disambiguation)
• The King of the Kongo, 1929 film serial by Mascot Pictures
• King of the Congo, 1952 film serial by Columbia Pictures

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