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Kananga

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Ka·nan·ga  (k-nängg)
A city of south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo east-southeast of Kinshasa. Founded in 1884, it is the trade center of an agricultural region. Population: 720,000.
Kananga [kəˈnæŋgə]
n
(Placename) a city in the SW Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre): a commercial centre on the railway from Lubumbashi to Port Francqui. Pop.: 393 030 (1994 est.) Former name (until 1966) Luluabourg
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Noun1.Kananga - a city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg
Luluabourg
Belgian Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire - a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960


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