Mbanza Congo
in Zaire Province, Angola
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Mbanza Congo Airport (1 mi) -
Tshimpi Airport (64 mi) - Nkolo Fuma Airport (70 mi)
- Boma Airport (86 mi)
- Luozi Airport (91 mi)
- Uige Airport (107 mi)
- N'zeto Airport (117 mi)
- Negage Airport (125 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -6.267 and 14.240 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -6° 16' 1" and E 14° 14' 24"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Kwanza - AOA
- Spoken languages:
- Portuguese
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 12:23 PM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Africa/Luanda
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:35 am and 6:00 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 4.690 and -160.409 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
- Matanibike Village
- References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Angola.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Angola. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Mbanza Congo
Mbanza Congo in Zaire Province with it's 24,220 inhabitants is located in Angola about 190 mi (or 306 km) north of Luanda, the country's capital.
Local time in Mbanza Congo is now 12:23 PM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Africa / Luanda with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Mbanza Congo. The closest airport in Angola is Mbanza Congo Airport in a distance of 1 mi (or 1 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Matadi, Uige, Kinkala, Cabinda and Kinshasa. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 24°C / 75 °F
| Morning Temperature | 21°C / 69 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 25°C / 77 °F |
| Night Temperature | 21°C / 70 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 5% |
| Air Humidity | 83% |
| Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (2 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Monday, 18th of November 2024
25°C (76 °F)
21°C (69 °F)
Moderate rain, calm, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
24°C (76 °F)
21°C (70 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
25°C (77 °F)
21°C (70 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Zaire Province
Zaire is one of the 18 provinces of Angola. It occupies 40,130 square kilometres in the north west of the country and has a population of approximately 600,000. It has a tropical climate. M'Banza Kongo, formerly São Salvador, is the capital of the province.
Mbanza Congo Airport
Mbanza Congo Airport or M'banza Congo Airport is an airport serving Mbanza Congo (also known as M'banza Congo or M'banza-Kongo) in northwestern Angola.
M'banza-Kongo
M'banza-Kongo (known as São Salvador in Portuguese from 1570 to 1975), is the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province. M'banza Kongo (properly Mbanza Koongo or Kôngo in most acceptable orthographies) was founded some time before the arrival of the Portuguese and was the capital of the dynasty ruling at that time (1483). The site was temporarily abandoned during civil wars in the 17th century. It lies close to Angola's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Mbanza Congo.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
São Salvador do Congo, Mbanza Kongo, São Salvador, San Salvador, Mbanza Congo
