Kongolo is a town in Tanganyika District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Kongolo (or Nkongolo) was a leader of Luba people in the region of Katanga, and the first king of the Luba Empire.
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A son of Ilunga Mbidi and nephew of Kongolo, Kalala Ilunga, took the place of his father as one of the generals among the warring forces.
The river leaves Lake Tanganyika at Kalemie and flows through a gap in the highlands westward through the Tanganyika District to join the Lualaba between Kabalo and Kongolo.