#central Africa

• Aruwimi — The name of a major river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a right-bank tributary of the Congo River. With a structural length of approximately 1,300 kilometers (including its upper course called Ituri), the river traverses dense tropical rainforest and is known in European exploration history for the expedition led by Henry Morton Stanley.
• Bakongo — A major ethnic group (also called Kongo) living along the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, primarily in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, and Angola. This people is historically recognized for founding the legendary Kingdom of Kongo in the 14th century, having a well-defined matrilineal social structure and speaking the Kikongo language, a language of the large Bantu family.