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The Mbunda Kingdom
O Reino Mbunda (Portuguese)
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| 1500–1917 | |
| Status | Sovereign Kingdom (1500–1917) |
| Common languages | Mbunda language Portuguese |
| Ethnic groups | Mbunda people |
| Religion | Christianity with some traditional practices |
| Government | Monarchy |
| History | |
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• Established
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1500 |
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• Kolongongo War
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1917 |
| Currency | Traded in bee wax, ivory and rubber, in exchange with guns and cloth material |
The Mbunda Kingdom (Mbunda: Chiundi ca Mbunda or Vumwene vwa Chiundi or Portuguese: Reino dos Bundas) was an African kingdom located in west central Africa, what is now south-east Angola. At its greatest extent, it reached from Mithimoyi in the central Moxico to the Cuando Cubango Province in the south-east, bordering with Namibia. The kingdom was ruled by Mwene wa Chiundi (King).
The kingdom was ultimately conquered in a war with Portugal in 1917, called the Kolongongo War.
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