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Soyo

Soyo was a coastal province of the Kingdom of Kongo at the mouth of the Congo River. It was where the Portuguese first made contact with Kongo in the 1480s. Accounts of the Kongo Empire list it among the core provinces under the manikongo.

Soyo
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Kongo EmpireFoundation, Decline

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Principality of Soyo

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Soyo. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/soyo
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“Soyo.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/soyo. Accessed .
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