Kingdom of Lunda Lunda | |||||||||
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c. 1600–1887 | |||||||||
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Official languages | Chilunda | ||||||||
Ethnic groups | Balunda | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Mwaantayaav | |||||||||
• 1687–1719 | Mbal I Yaav | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | c. 1600 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1887 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Angola Democratic Republic of the Congo Zambia |
The Kingdom of Lunda (c. 1665 – c. 1887) was a confederation of states in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, north-eastern Angola, and north-western Zambia. Its central state was in Katanga.
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