Kakongo River

The Chiloango River is a river in western . It forms the westernmost part of the border between the and the Republic of Congo, and then forms approximately half of the border between the DRC and Cabinda, passing just south of the town of .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Also known as: Caongo”, “Chiloango River”, “Chiluango River”, “Loango”, “Loango Lu”, “Louango”, “Rio Luango”, “Shilongo”, “Tchiloango”, and “Tshilongo
  • Historically known as: Kicongo River

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cacongo.

Town
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is a municipality in , an exclave of Angola. Its principal town is . Landana lies on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, adjacent to Landana Bay.

Kakongo River

Latitude
-5.20456° or 5° 12′ 16″ south
Longitude
12.13364° or 12° 8′ 1″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
6F6JQ4WM+5F
Geo­Names ID
2241880
Wiki­data ID
Q2978967
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Kakongo River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Chiluango
  • Burmese: ချီလွန်းဂိုမြစ်
  • Cebuano: Shiloango
  • Chinese: 希卢安果河
  • Chinese: 希盧安果河
  • Czech: Chiloango
  • Dutch: Chiloango
  • French: Louango
  • French: Shiloango
  • Greek: Ποταμός Τσιλοάνγκο
  • Hausa: Kogin Chiloango
  • Irish: Abhainn Chiloango
  • Japanese: シルアンゴ川
  • Kinyarwanda: Umugezi wa Chiloango
  • Lithuanian: Čiloangas
  • Lithuanian: Šiloangas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Chiloango
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kakongo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Louango
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rio Hi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Shiloango
  • Portuguese: Rio Chiloango
  • Portuguese: Rio Chiluango
  • Russian: Чилоанго
  • Russian: Шилуанго
  • Swahili: Louango
  • Swahili: Shiloango
  • Swedish: Shiloango
  • Ukrainian: Лоанго
  • Ukrainian: Чилоанго
  • Ukrainian: Чілоанго
  • Welsh: Afon Chiloango
  • Wu Chinese: 希卢安果河

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Foz do Chiloango and Cacongo.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Baía de Lândana and Malemba Bay.

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