Mongo may refer to:

Geography

Africa

Mongo, Chad Mongo (Arabic: مونقو, Mūnqū) is a city and sub-prefecture in Chad, the capital of the region of Guéra. Located in the northern part of the region, it lies 252.2 miles (406 km) by road east of the capital N'Djamena. It is served by M ...

, a Sahel city *

Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo The Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo is a Latin Church pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate in Sahel-country Chad. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See, specifically the missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of ...

(Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction) * Mongo, Sierra Leone, a chiefdom * Mongo River (Little Scarces River), Guinea and Sierra Leone, a tributary of the Little Scarces River; see List of rivers of Guinea and

List of rivers of Sierra Leone This is a list of rivers in Sierra Leone. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Atlantic Ocean *Great Scarcies River (Kolenté River) *Little Scarcies River (Kaba River) ...

* Mongo Department, Gabon

United States

Mongo, Indiana Mongo is an unincorporated community in Springfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. The population in 2010 was 105. History Mongo was originally called Mongoquinong, and under the latter name was laid out in 1840. Mongoquinong was later shor ...

, United States, an unincorporated community

Languages

Mongo language Mongo, also called Nkundo or Mongo-Nkundu (''Lomongo, Lonkundu''), is a Bantu language spoken by several of the Mongo peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mongo speakers reside in central DR Congo over a large area inside the curve ...

, the language of the Mongo people * Mongo, one of the five languages of the

Duala language Duala (''ɓwambo ba duālā in douala)'' (also spelt Douala, Diwala, Dwela, Dualla and Dwala) is a dialect cluster spoken by the Duala and Mungo peoples of Cameroon. Douala belongs to the Bantu language family, in a subgroup called Sawaban ...

-cluster, spoken in Cameroon

People

* Mongo people, one of the largest ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo *

Mongo Santamaría Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (April 7, 1917 – February 1, 2003) was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, Santamaría was a leading figure in the pachanga an ...

(1917–2003), Cuban jazz/salsa percussionist *

Mongo Beti Alexandre Biyidi Awala (30 June 1932 – 8 October 2001), known as Mongo Beti or Eza Boto, was a Cameroonian writer. Beti spent much of his life in France, studying at the Sorbonne and becoming a professor at Lycée Pierre Corneille. Life ...

(1932–2001), pen name of Cameroonian writer Alexandre Biyidi Awala * "Mongo", family nickname for

Ramón Castro Ruz Ramón Eusebio Castro Ruz (14 October 1924 – 23 February 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and activist. He was the eldest brother of Fidel and Raúl Castro and a key figure of the Cuban Revolution. Biography Ramón, the eldest of the Castro ...

(1924–2016), eldest brother of Fidel Castro * Mongo, nickname of musician Drew Parsons (born 1974) * Mongo, a London-based rapper and founder of hip hop group Mud Family *

Mark LoMonaco Mark LoMonaco (born July 14, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and Impact Wrestling under the ring name Bully Ray. He was previously known as one-half of The Dudley Boyz tag tea ...

(born 1971), American professional wrestler, one of whose ring names is "Mongo Vyle" *

Mike Mangold Michael Eugene Mangold (October 10, 1955 – December 6, 2015) was an American Boeing 767 and 757 commercial pilot for American Airlines and an aerobatics pilot. Mangold competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Series from 2004 through 2009, wher ...

(1955–2015), American airline and former aerobatics pilot whose US Air Force call sign was "Mongo" * Steve McMichael (born 1957), former American football player and professional wrestler whose ring name was "Mongo"

Fiction

* Mongo (fictional planet), a fictional setting for the adventures of Flash Gordon * Magic Mongo, a fictional genie featured in segments of the Saturday morning TV program ''The Krofft Supershow'' * Mongo (Shrek), a fictional giant gingerbread man in the animated movie ''Shrek 2'' * Mongo the Magnificent, a fictional private investigator with dwarfism * Mongo, a character in the film ''Precious (film), Precious'' * Mongo, a character in the 1974 comedy film ''Blazing Saddles'', played by Alex Karras * General Mongo, a character in the 1970 Western film ''Compañeros (film), Compañeros'' * Mongo, a fictional boss character in the game show ''Nick Arcade''

Other uses

* Möngö, a Mongolian monetary unit worth 0.01 Mongolian tögrög * Mongo (album), ''Mongo'' (album), a 1959 album by

* Mongo (horse), an American champion thoroughbred racehorse * MongoDB, a document-oriented database * Mongo foot, the use of the front foot to propel a skateboard * Buddleja davidii 'Mongo' = Nanho Blue, ''Buddleja davidii'' 'Mongo' = Nanho Blue, a shrub cultivar