Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo' has mentioned 'Town' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Municipality and town in Zaire Province, Angola | WIKI |
| When the Portuguese arrived in Kongo, Mbanza Kongo was already a large town, perhaps the largest in sub-equatorial Africa, and a letter from the Portuguese ambassador to Lisbon compared the size of the city (inside the inner walls) to the Portuguese town of xc3x89vora. | WIKI |
| The town grew substantially as the kingdom of Kongo expanded and grew, and an ecclesiastical statement of the 1630s related that 4,000-5,000 baptisms were performed in the city and its immediate hinterland (presumably the valleys that surround it), which is consistent with an overall population of 100,000 people. | WIKI |
| The town of Mbanza Kongo was the political and spiritual capital of the Kingdom of Kongo, one of the largest constituted states of Southern Africa, which was active from the 14th to the 19th century. | UNESCO |
| The town then experienced the expansion of Christianity with the Westernisation of the local elites, without however renouncing its culture. | UNESCO |
| In its built structure and archaeological vestiges, the town retains the traces of its customary, colonial and religious past, of which it is an eminent place of remembrance. | UNESCO |
| The demolition of the airstrip, which is hardly used nowadays, has been confirmed by the State Party, and a new airport site has been chosen outside the town. | UNESCO |