Loango, Republic of Congo

Loanga
Loanga
Location in the Republic of the Congo
Coordinates: 4°37′50″S 11°50′08″E / 4.630659°S 11.835668°E / -4.630659; 11.835668Coordinates: 4°37′50″S 11°50′08″E / 4.630659°S 11.835668°E / -4.630659; 11.835668
Country Republic of the Congo
Region Kouilou Department
District Pointe-Noire District
Time zone UTC+01:00

Loango is a settlement near the coast of the Republic of the Congo.

Location

Loango is in the Loandjili (Pointe Noire) District, Kouilou Department, on the coast to the southwest of Diosso. It is a few kilometers north of the city of Pointe-Noire.[1] The town is half way between Point-Noire and Madingo-Kayes, and since 2002 has been the capital of the Kouilou region.[2]

History

Diosso was the former capital of the Kingdom of Loango and home to its rulers' mausoleum.[3] Roman Catholic missionaries were active in Diosso, which had a royal palace.[4] The port of Loango was formerly a major slavery port, but the site has now been abandoned and few traces remain.[5] The first radiotelegraph link in the tropics, between Brazzaville and Loango, was created around 1910 using techniques developed by Joseph Bethenod, chief engineer of the Société française radio-électrique (SFR).[6]

Notes

    Sources

    • Clark, John Frank; Decalo, Samuel (2012), Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 978-0-8108-4919-8, retrieved 2018-01-17
    • "Congo: Loango slavery port abandoned", The Morning Call, retrieved 2018-01-17 – via AfricaNews
    • Delacroix, Laurent; Piernas, Gersende (2016), Société française radio-électrique (SFR - Thomson) (PDF) (in French), Roubaix: Archives nationales du monde du travail, retrieved 2017-10-05
    • Jones, Adam (1983), German Sources for West African History, 1599-1669, Steiner, ISBN 978-3-515-03728-0, retrieved 14 March 2011
    • "Loango Map — Satellite Images of Loango", maplandia, retrieved 2018-01-17
    • Martin, Phyllis (2009), Catholic Women of Congo-Brazzaville: Mothers and Sisters in Troubled Times, Indiana University Press, ISBN 978-0-253-22055-4, retrieved 13 March 2011
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