Kingdom of Luba
The Kingdom of Luba or Luba Empire (1585–1889) was a pre-colonial Central African state that arose in the marshy grasslands of the Upemba Depression in what is now southern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kingdom of Luba Luba | |||||||||
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| 1585–1889 | |||||||||
Map of the Lunda Empire and Luba kingdoms in the Congo River Basin around 1850 | |||||||||
| Capital | Mwibele (today in Haut-Lomami) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Kiluba | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
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• c. 1780 – 1810 | Ilunga Sungu | ||||||||
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• Established | 1585 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1889 | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• | 1 million | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||||||
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