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Realm · approximate borders · 1565–1883

Kingdom of Loango

Vili kingdom on the coast north of the Congo mouth, first mentioned c. 1561 and probably founded by Njimbe c.

1565, once a vassal of Kongo; an independent trading power until French treaties in 1883. Its northern limit toward Mayumba is uncertain. Source: Wikipedia 'Kingdom of Loango'.

See Kingdom of Loango on the map in 1565

On the map
1565–1883
Capital
Buali (Mbanza Loango)

Rulers named in the sources

African kingdoms and states, 430–1911

Besides the large empires and the colonial powers, Africa had many other states: the Berber kingdoms of late-Roman Mauretania and the Aurès; the Wolof states of Senegambia, the Fula imamates, Kaabu and the Moorish emirates; Kong, the Mossi kingdoms, Dagbon, Denkyira, Akwamu, Dahomey and Benin; the Hausa kingdoms, Nupe, Kebbi, Agadez, Damagaram and Baguirmi; the Ethiopian, Gibe and Somali sultanates and kingdoms, the Shilluk, Kilwa and Pate; Buganda, Bunyoro, Rwanda and Burundi; Loango, Ndongo, Matamba, Kasanje, Kuba, Luba, Lunda and Kazembe; Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua and the Rozvi; and Maravi, Gaza, the Nguni and Sotho kingdoms, the Lozi and the Sakalava. Dates and rulers come from cited reference articles. Few pre-colonial African frontiers were ever surveyed or described, and many of these states ruled people and trade routes more than fixed territory.

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