M'banza-Kongo, formerly known as São Salvador (in
Portuguese), 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 as was the capital of the dynasty ruling at that time (1483). It lies close to Angola's border with the
Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located at around and sits on top of an impressive flat-topped mountain, sometimes called Mongo a Kaila (mountain of division) because recent legends recall that the king created the clans of the kingdom and sent them out from there. In the valley to the south runs the Luezi River.
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