Kakongo River
The Chiloango River is a river in western Central Africa. It forms the westernmost part of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Congo, and then forms approximately half of the border between the DRC and Cabinda, Angola passing just south of the town of Necuto.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Cacongo
Town
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Cacongo is a municipality in Cabinda Province, an exclave of Angola. Its principal town is Cacongo. Landana lies on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, adjacent to Landana Bay.
Kakongo River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Cabinda, Angola, Central Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Kakongo River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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.
Angola: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Luanda, Huambo, Cabinda, and Benguela.
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