Cingolo (also known as Quingolo) was one of the traditional independent
Ovimbundu
The Ovimbundu, also known as the Southern Mbundu, are a Bantu peoples, Bantu ethnic group who live on the Bié Plateau of central Angola and in the coastal strip west of these highlands. As the largest ethnic group in Angola, they make up 38 pe ...
kingdoms in
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
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In 1774–6, Cingolo fought a war against the
Portuguese alongside
Bailundu
The Kingdom of Bailundo, also known as Bailundu, Mbailundu or Mbalundu, is an Angolan Ovimbundu kingdom based in the modern-day province of Huambo, in the central highlands of Angola. It was one of the largest and most powerful Ovimbundu kingdo ...
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See also
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Citata
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Civula
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Ciyaka
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Ekekete
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Kakonda
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Kalukembe
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Kingdom of Ndulu
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Ngalangi
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Viye
Viye (also known as Bié, Bieno, or Bihe) was one of the traditional Ovimbundu kingdoms, located in the central plateau of Angola. Its capital city was Ecovongo.
During the 18th and 19th centuries, the kingdom was an important crossroads through w ...
References
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Ovimbundu kingdoms
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