Kwango River
The Cuango or Kwango is a transboundary river of Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the largest left bank tributary of the Kasai River in the Congo River basin.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river
- Also known as: “Cuango”, “Kwango jõgi”, “Lucuali”, “Nzadi”, “Río Cuango”, “Rio Kwango”, “Zesere”, “Куангу”, “クァンゴ川”, and “クアンゴ川”
Kwango River
- Categories: river, watercourse, and body of water
- Location: Angola, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-3.23333° or 3° 14′ south
Longitude
17.36667° or 17° 22′ east
Elevation
292 metres (958 feet)
Open location code
6F8VQ988+MM
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Kwango River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Kwango”
- Belarusian: “Кванга”
- Bulgarian: “Кванго”
- Catalan: “Cuango, riu a l’Àfrica equatorial”
- Catalan: “Riu Cuango”
- Cebuano: “Kwango”
- Chinese: “宽果河”
- Chinese: “寬果河”
- Chuvash: “Кванго”
- Croatian: “Kwango (rijeka)”
- Croatian: “Kwango”
- Czech: “Kwango”
- Dagbani: “Kwango Mɔɣili”
- Dagbani: “Kwango River”
- Danish: “Kwango (flod)”
- Danish: “Kwango”
- Dutch: “Kwango”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كوانجو”
- Estonian: “Kwango”
- French: “Kwango”
- Georgian: “კვანგო”
- German: “Kwango”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Κουάνγκο”
- Hausa: “Kogin Kwango”
- Hindi: “क्वांगो नदी”
- Hungarian: “Kwango”
- Igbo: “Osimiri Kwango”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Kwango”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kwango”
- Italian: “Kwango”
- Japanese: “クワンゴ川”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umugezi wa Kwango”
- Kotava: “Kwango (kuksa)”
- Kotava: “Kwango”
- Latvian: “Kvango”
- Lithuanian: “Kvangas”
- Malayalam: “ക്വാങ്കോ നദി”
- Mingrelian: “კვანგო”
- Northern Frisian: “Cuango Struum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kwango”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kwango”
- Norwegian: “Kwango”
- Polish: “Kuango”
- Portuguese: “Rio Cuango”
- Russian: “Кванго”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kwango (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kwango”
- Slovak: “Kwango”
- Somali: “Webiga Kwango”
- Spanish: “Río Kwango”
- Swahili: “Kwango”
- Swedish: “Kwango”
- Ukrainian: “Кванго”
- Venetian: “Fiume Kwango”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Kwango”
- Welsh: “Afon Kwango”
- Western Frisian: “Kwango”
- Western Panjabi: “کوانگو دریا”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bongali and Baya.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Bandundu Airport and Kwilu River.
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Worth a closer look: Luanda and Cabinda.
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