Loango, Republic of Congo

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

Loanga
Loanga
Location in the Republic of the Congo
Coordinates: 4.630659°S 11.835668°E / -4.630659; 11.835668
CountryRepublic of the Congo
RegionKouilou Department
DistrictPointe-Noire District
Time zoneUTC+01:00

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]

See also

Notes
    1. Loango Map — Satellite Images of Loango.
    2. Clark & Decalo 2012, p. 256.
    3. Jones 1983, p. 49.
    4. Martin 2009, p. 31.
    5. Congo: Loango slavery port abandoned.
    6. Delacroix & Piernas 2016, p. 3.

    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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