M'banza-Kongo, AO
With a population of 221,141 in 2024
M'banza-Kongo is the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province, with a population of 221,141 in 2024. It was founded by the first manikongo, Lukeni, at a junction of major trade routes. The earliest documented kings referred to their city in their correspondence as 'the city of Congo' (cidade do Congo), and the name of the city as São Salvador appears for the first time in the letters of Álvaro I of Kongo (1568–1587).
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