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Kingdom of Kongo

former African kingdom located in west central Africa
Organization historical_country Q796583
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Summary

Kingdom of Kongo is a historical country[1]. It draws 7,123 Wikipedia views per month (historical country category, ranking #253 of 1,549).[2]

Key Facts

  • Continent: Africa[3]
  • Instance of: realm[4], style[5], culture[6]
  • Capital: M'banza-Kongo[7]
  • Currency: Shell money[8]
  • Basic form of government: monarchy[9]
  • Commons category: Kingdom of Kongo[10]
  • Inception: 1395[11]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 1, 1914[12], 1888[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kingdom of Kongo[14]
  • Population: 509,250[15]
  • Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[16]
  • Replaces: Mpemba[17]
  • Office held by head of state: Manikongo[18]
  • Area: 129,400 km²[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]

Why It Matters

Kingdom of Kongo has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

M'banza-Kongo

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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