Territorial change of Lunda Empire (Kingdom of Lunda)

“Lunda Empire”(Kingdom of Lunda) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1709 to 1889. Its territory was largest in AD 1709 – 1855, at ≈ 112 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1709 – 1855≈ 112 thousand km²
AD 1856 – 1884≈ 109 thousand km²
AD 1885 – 1889≈ 109 thousand km²
AD 1709AD 1889

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1709 – 1855 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1709≈ 112 thousand km²50 of 120
AD 1713≈ 112 thousand km²50 of 123
AD 1718≈ 112 thousand km²50 of 124
AD 1721≈ 112 thousand km²50 of 125
AD 1727≈ 112 thousand km²50 of 128
AD 1734≈ 112 thousand km²51 of 132
AD 1738≈ 112 thousand km²53 of 125
AD 1741≈ 112 thousand km²53 of 125
AD 1744≈ 112 thousand km²54 of 129
AD 1748≈ 112 thousand km²55 of 132
AD 1752≈ 112 thousand km²55 of 132
AD 1757≈ 112 thousand km²53 of 132
AD 1762≈ 112 thousand km²52 of 131
AD 1763≈ 112 thousand km²52 of 132
AD 1769≈ 112 thousand km²51 of 128
AD 1772≈ 112 thousand km²50 of 127
AD 1775≈ 112 thousand km²49 of 132
AD 1776≈ 112 thousand km²50 of 132
AD 1778≈ 112 thousand km²50 of 131
AD 1780≈ 112 thousand km²50 of 131
AD 1781≈ 112 thousand km²50 of 131
AD 1783≈ 112 thousand km²50 of 130
AD 1788≈ 112 thousand km²53 of 129
AD 1791≈ 112 thousand km²52 of 128
AD 1792≈ 112 thousand km²52 of 130
AD 1794≈ 112 thousand km²50 of 125
AD 1796≈ 112 thousand km²50 of 124
AD 1797≈ 112 thousand km²50 of 125
AD 1799≈ 112 thousand km²49 of 124
AD 1800≈ 112 thousand km²49 of 123
AD 1803≈ 112 thousand km²46 of 123
AD 1805≈ 112 thousand km²47 of 125
AD 1806≈ 112 thousand km²46 of 138
AD 1807≈ 112 thousand km²45 of 132
AD 1809≈ 112 thousand km²47 of 131
AD 1811≈ 112 thousand km²53 of 131
AD 1812≈ 112 thousand km²54 of 133
AD 1814≈ 112 thousand km²57 of 142
AD 1815≈ 112 thousand km²53 of 139
AD 1820≈ 112 thousand km²52 of 148
AD 1822≈ 112 thousand km²53 of 147
AD 1824≈ 112 thousand km²55 of 148
AD 1825≈ 112 thousand km²57 of 150
AD 1828≈ 112 thousand km²57 of 144
AD 1830≈ 112 thousand km²59 of 143
AD 1834≈ 112 thousand km²60 of 143
AD 1836≈ 112 thousand km²62 of 145
AD 1840≈ 112 thousand km²66 of 155
AD 1842≈ 112 thousand km²67 of 156
AD 1846≈ 112 thousand km²61 of 152
AD 1848≈ 112 thousand km²61 of 147
AD 1849≈ 112 thousand km²60 of 144
AD 1853≈ 112 thousand km²62 of 144
AD 1856≈ 109 thousand km²63 of 149
AD 1857≈ 109 thousand km²62 of 150
AD 1859≈ 109 thousand km²64 of 146
AD 1860≈ 109 thousand km²65 of 142
AD 1861≈ 109 thousand km²65 of 140
AD 1862≈ 109 thousand km²65 of 138
AD 1863≈ 109 thousand km²65 of 139
AD 1864≈ 109 thousand km²65 of 139
AD 1865≈ 109 thousand km²63 of 139
AD 1866≈ 109 thousand km²62 of 133
AD 1868≈ 109 thousand km²60 of 134
AD 1870≈ 109 thousand km²61 of 132
AD 1871≈ 109 thousand km²61 of 113
AD 1873≈ 109 thousand km²58 of 108
AD 1877≈ 109 thousand km²58 of 104
AD 1880≈ 109 thousand km²59 of 104
AD 1884≈ 109 thousand km²60 of 105
AD 1885≈ 109 thousand km²59 of 101

Its highest rank was in AD 1807: number 132 of 45.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 1 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
AD 1890lostKingdom of Portugal≈ 80 thousand km²

Wikipedia summary

The Lunda Empire or Lunda Commonwealth was a confederation or commonwealth of states in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, north-eastern Angola, and north-western Zambia. Its central state was in Katanga.

Wikipedia (English) “Lunda Empire”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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