Mongo may refer to:

Geography

Africa

Mongo, Chad Mongo (Arabic: مونقو, Mūnqū) is a city and Sub-prefectures of Chad, sub-prefecture in Chad, the capital of the regions of Chad, region of Guéra Region, Guéra. Located in the northern part of the region, it lies 252.2 miles (406 km) b ...

, a Sahel city * Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo, Chad, a Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction * Mongo Department, Gabon * Mongo, Sierra Leone, a chiefdom * Mongo River (Little Scarces River) - see List of rivers of Guinea and List of rivers of Sierra Leone

United States

* Mongo, Indiana, an unincorporated community

Languages

* Mongo language, the language of the Mongo people * Mongo, one of the five languages of the Duala language-cluster, spoken in Cameroon

People

Mongo people __NOTOC__ The Mongo people are an ethnic group who live in the equatorial forest of Central Africa.Mongo people

, one of the largest ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Mongo Santamaría (1917–2003), Cuban jazz/salsa percussionist * Mongo Beti (1932–2001), pen name of Cameroonian writer Alexandre Biyidi Awala * "Mongo", family nickname for Ramón Castro Ruz (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 * Mike Mangold (1955–2015), American airline and former aerobatics pilot whose US Air Force call sign was "Mongo" * Mark LoMonaco (born 1971), American professional wrestler, one of whose ring names is "Mongo Vyle" *

Steve McMichael Stephen Douglas McMichael (October 17, 1957 – April 23, 2025), nicknamed "Mongo", "Ming", and "Ming the Merciless", was an American professional football player and professional wrestler. He was a defensive tackle for 15 seasons in the Natio ...

(1957-2025), former American football player and professional wrestler whose ring name was "Mongo"

Fiction

* Mongo (''Flash Gordon''), 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'' * Mongo, a character in the 1974 comedy film '' Blazing Saddles'', played by

Alex Karras Alexander George Karras (July 15, 1935October 10, 2012) was an American professional American football, football player, professional wrestler, sportscaster, and actor. He was a four-time Pro Bowl selection playing defensive tackle for the Detro ...

* General Mongo, a character in the 1970 Western film '' Compañeros'' * Mongo, a fictional boss character in the game show ''

Nick Arcade ''Nick Arcade'' (also stylized ''Nickelodeon Arcade'') is an American game show, children's game show created by James Bethea and Karim Miteff and hosted by Phil Moore (actor), Phil Moore, with Andrea Lively announcing, that aired on Nickelodeo ...

'' * Mongo, a fictional character in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series

Other uses

* Möngö, a Mongolian monetary unit worth 0.01

Mongolian tögrög The tögrög ( ; currency sign, sign: ₮; ISO 4217, code: MNT), also spelt tugrug or tugrik, is the official currency of Mongolia. It was historically subdivided into 100 ( ). Currently, the lowest denomination in regular use is the 10-tög ...

* ''Mongo'' (album), a 1959 album by Mongo Santamaría * Mongo (horse), an American champion thoroughbred racehorse *

MongoDB MongoDB is a source-available, cross-platform, document-oriented database program. Classified as a NoSQL database product, MongoDB uses JSON-like documents with optional database schema, schemas. Released in February 2009 by 10gen (now MongoDB ...

, a document-oriented database * Mongo foot, the use of the front foot to propel a skateboard