Banza may refer to: *

M'banza-Kongo Mbanza Kongo (, , or , known as São Salvador in Portuguese language, Portuguese from 1570 to 1976; ), is the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province with a population of 148,000 in 2014. Mbanza Kongo was the capital of the Kingdom of K ...

, formerly known as São Salvador, the capital of Zaire Province, Angola * ''Banza'' (katydid), a katydid genus endemic to Hawaii * Banza, Central African Republic, a town that is near to

Karawa, Central African Republic Karawa is a village in the Lobaye region in the Central African Republic approximately 55 km southwest of the capital, Bangui Bangui (; or Bangî in Sango language, Sango, formerly written Bangi in English) is the Capital (political), ...

* An alternative name for the

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

* Banza, a barangay of

Butuan Butuan (pronounced ), officially the City of Butuan (; Butuanon: ''Dakbayan hong Butuan''; ), is a highly urbanized city and the regional center of Caraga, Philippines. It is the '' de facto'' capital of the province of Agusan del Norte ...

City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines * Banza, a company that produces noodles with garbanzo beans (or

chickpea The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual plant, annual legume of the family (biology), family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, cultivated for its edible seeds. Its different types are variously known as gram," Bengal gram, ga ...

People with the surname

Alexandre Banza Lieutenant Colonel Alexandre Banza (10 October 1932 – 12 April 1969) was a military officer and politician in the Central African Republic. Born in Carnot, Ubangi-Shari, Banza served with the French Army during the First Indochina War be ...

(1932–1969), Central African military officer and politician *

Céline Banza Céline Banza (born on the 12th February 1997) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She is the winner of the 2019 RFI Discoveries Music Award. Career Banza was born in Kinshasa. She began her music c ...

(born 1997), singer-songwriter and guitarist from the DR Congo *

Jean-Kasongo Banza Jean-Kasongo Banza (26 June 1974 – 7 June 2024) was a DR Congo professional footballer who played as a forward in DR Congo for AS Vita Club, in Turkey for Gençlerbirliği, in South Korea for Chunnam Dragons and Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma (current ...

(1974-2024), retired professional football player from the DR Congo *

Simon Banza Simon Bokoté Banza (born 13 August 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor on loan from Portuguese club S.C Braga and the DR Congo national team. Formed at Lens, where he played 98 games and ...

(born 1996), professional football player from the DR Congo Kongo-language surnames {{disambiguation, surname