Where was the capital of the Kongo kingdom located?

The capital of the Kongo kingdom was located at Mbanza Kongo, a city situated on a low plateau in present-day northwestern Angola.12

Serving as the kingdom's capital from approximately 1390 until 1914, the city was a densely settled hub that allowed the manikongo (king) to centralize state power and maintain necessary resources. In the mid-to-late 16th century, the city was renamed São Salvador for a church built there, though it later reclaimed its original name following Angola's independence in 1975. Despite being abandoned for a period during the 17th-century civil wars, the site was restored in the early 18th century and remains a significant cultural and historical center today.12