Kwango River entering Kasai River, seen from space (false color).
Kwango (Cuango in Angola) is a 1100 km long river in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It originates in the highlands of central Angola and flows generally northwards, then it makes a border between these two countries. Then it flows in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and empties to Kasai River near Bandundu, at 3.236177° S 17.373688° E. The Kasai River is a river in central Africa. ... Bandundu is the capital of Bandundu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
Kwango is the name of a river which flows into the Kassai, which itself is a tributary of the River Congo.
The prefecture comprises the civil districts of Eastern Kwango and that of Stanley Pool as far to the north as the River Kassai.
Its boundaries are to the north the river Kassai, to the east the range of hills between the River Loange and Jjuma; to the south Portuguese territory; to the west the River Inkisi and the railway to Leopoldville.
With the exception of the enclave of Kabinda the province lies wholly south of the river Congo.
A large number of rivers make their way westward to the sea; they rise, mostly, in the mountain belt, and are unimportant, the only two of any size being the Kwanza and the Kunene, separately noticed.
He erected a stone pillar at the mouth of the river, which accordingly took the title of Rio de Padrao, and established friendly relations with the natives, who reported that the country was subject to a great monarch, Mwani Congo or lord of Congo, resident at Bonza Congo.
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