Musumba
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Musumba is a large town in Lualaba Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Lunda. The practices of the Lunda kingdom still persist in Musumba.
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Place details
- Region
- Lualaba
- Country
- République démocratique du Congo
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Musumba
- Settlement.other_name
- Musumbu
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Historical City
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- historic
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in DR Congo
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lualaba
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Territory
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kapanga
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Chiefdom
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Mwant-Yav
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 96957
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- P12749
- Nicosia
- Commons category
- Musumba
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Musumba is a large town in Lualaba Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Lunda. The practices of the Lunda kingdom still persist in Musumba.
As the Lunda Empire expanded in the 1730s and 1740s and into the 1750s large amounts of people from other areas were brought to Musumba.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Kingdom of Lunda
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geographic coordinate system
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International Standard Book Number
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digital object identifier
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Tshombé Moïse
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Lualaba Province
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province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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ProQuest
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Kapanga Territory
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territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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