Cuanza River

The Cuanza River, also known as the Kwanza, the Quanza, or the Coanza, is the longest river in . It empties into the Atlantic Ocean just south of the national capital .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Angola
  • Also known as: Coanza River”, “Quanza River”, “Rio Coanza”, and “Rio Quanza

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barra do Cuanza.

Village
is a town and commune of , located in the province of . is situated 3 km north of Cuanza River.

Cuanza River

Latitude
-9.34721° or 9° 20′ 50″ south
Longitude
13.15205° or 13° 9′ 7″ east
Open location code
6F2MM532+4R
Geo­Names ID
2241661
Wiki­data ID
Q213840
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Satellite Map

Discover Cuanza River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Cuanza River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر كوانزا
  • Basque: Kwanza
  • Belarusian: Кванза
  • Belarusian: Рака Кванза
  • Bulgarian: Куанза
  • Burmese: ကွန်ဇာမြစ်
  • Catalan: Cuanza
  • Cebuano: Cuanza
  • Chinese: 广萨河
  • Chinese: 庫安沙河
  • Chinese: 廣薩河
  • Chuvash: Кванза
  • Croatian: Kwanza
  • Czech: Cuanza
  • Czech: Kwanza
  • Danish: Kwanzafloden
  • Dutch: Coanza
  • Dutch: Cuanza
  • Dutch: Quanza
  • Esperanto: Kvanzo
  • Finnish: Cuanza
  • French: Coanza
  • French: Cuanza
  • French: Kwanza
  • French: Quanza
  • Galician: Río Cuanza
  • Galician: Río Kwanza
  • Georgian: კვანზა
  • German: Cuanza
  • German: Kuanza
  • German: Kwanza
  • Greek: Ποταμός Κουάνζα
  • Hausa: Kogin Cuanza
  • Hebrew: נהר קוואנזה
  • Hindi: कूयांजा नदी
  • Hungarian: Kwanza
  • Indonesian: Sungai Cuanza
  • Italian: Cuanza
  • Japanese: クアンザ川
  • Japanese: クワンザ川
  • Korean: 콴자 강
  • Korean: 쿠안자 강
  • Korean: 쿠안자강
  • Kotava: Kwanza (kuksa)
  • Kotava: Kwanza
  • Latin: Coanza
  • Lithuanian: Kvanza
  • Macedonian: Кванза
  • Malagasy: Kwanza (renirano)
  • Malagasy: Kwanza
  • Malay: Sungai Cuanza
  • Malay: Sungai Kwanza
  • Malay: Sungai Quanza
  • Malayalam: കുവാന്‍സനദി
  • Malayalam: ക്വാൻസ നദി
  • Mingrelian: კვანზა (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: კვანზა
  • Nauru: Kwanza
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kwanza
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cuanza
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kwanza
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kwanzaelva
  • Norwegian: Kwanza
  • Persian: رود کوانزا
  • Polish: Coanza
  • Polish: Cuanza
  • Polish: Kuanza
  • Polish: Quanza
  • Portuguese: Rio Cuanza
  • Portuguese: Rio Kuanza
  • Portuguese: Rio Kwanza
  • Romanian: Râul Cuanza
  • Russian: Кванза
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kwanza
  • Slovenian: Cuanza
  • Spanish: Kwanza
  • Spanish: Rio cuanza
  • Spanish: Río Cuanza
  • Swahili: Cuanza
  • Swahili: Kwanza
  • Swedish: Cuanza
  • Swedish: Kwanza
  • Thai: แม่น้ำกวานซา
  • Turkish: Cuanza Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Кванза
  • Welsh: Afon Cuanza
  • Western Frisian: Kwanza

Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Ponta das Perdizes and Miradouro da Lua.

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