Musumba

Also known as Musumb

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

Instance of: city
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Population: 96957

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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Musumba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.