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Kananga (cod)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Kananga ranks 3,305th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tula Oblast, Braga, and Orenburg Governorate. Memorable people born in Kananga include Ndaye Mulamba, Marie Myriam, and Gérard Mulumba Kalemba. Kananga has been the birth place of many soccer players, and singers. Kananga is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kananga, formerly known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital city of the Kasai-Central Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was the capital of the former Kasaï-Occidental Province. It is the fourth most populous urban area in the country, with an estimated population of 1,524,000 in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1937 and 1998, Kananga was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Ndaye Mulamba, Marie Myriam, and Gérard Mulumba Kalemba.

People Born in Kananga

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Kananga were soccer players (3), singers (1), and religious figures (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kananga, including Ndaye Mulamba, Jean Kalala N'Tumba, and Edo Kayembe. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kananga, including Ndaye Mulamba, Jean Kalala N'Tumba, and Edo Kayembe.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Kananga since 1700.