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 .
Wikipedia
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  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Kicongo River”
  • Description: river in western Central Africa
  • Also known as
    “Caongo”
    “Chiloango River”
    “Chiluango River”
    “Loango”
    “Loango Lu”
    “Louango”
    “Rio Hi”
    “Rio Luango”
    “Shiloango”
    “Shilongo”
    “Tchiloango”
    “Tshilongo”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cacongo.

Town
Photo: Freed73, Public domain.
is a municipality in , an exclave of Angola.

Kakongo River

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Latitude
-5.20456° or 5° 12′ 16″ south
Longitude
12.13364° or 12° 8′ 1″ east
Open location code
6F6JQ4WM+5F
Geo­Names ID
2241880
Wiki­data ID
Q2978967

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Kakongo River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر تشيلوانغو”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Chiluango”
  • Burmese: “ချီလွန်းဂိုမြစ်”
  • Cebuano: “Shiloango”
  • Chinese: “希卢安果河”
  • Chinese: “希盧安果河”
  • Czech: “Chiloango”
  • Dagbani: “Chiloango Mɔɣili”
  • Dagbani: “Chiloango River”
  • Dutch: “Chiloango”
  • French: “Louango”
  • French: “Shiloango”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Chiloango River”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Kakongo River”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Louango”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Rio Hi”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Shiloango”
  • Greek: “Ποταμός Τσιλοάνγκο”
  • Hausa: “Kogin Chiloango”
  • Hausa: “Kogin Kakongo”
  • Hausa: “Louango”
  • Hausa: “Rio Hi”
  • Hausa: “Shiloango”
  • 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”
  • Somali: “Webiga Chiloango”
  • Swahili: “Louango”
  • Swahili: “Shiloango”
  • Swedish: “Shiloango”
  • Tswana: “Noka ya Chiloango”
  • 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

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