Kwilu

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Kwilu or Kouilou is the name of several rivers in Central Africa and regions that are named after these rivers. The spelling Kwilu , which is used in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , corresponds to the norms of the African alphabet . In the Republic of the Congo , the spelling Kouilou follows the norm of French orthography, which uses the digram ou for the sound / u / of the International Phonetic Alphabet .

  • Kwilu (river) (or Cuilo in Portuguese), river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola, tributary of the Kwango in the river system of the Congo
  • Kwilu (Mayombe) , river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the district of Katarakt, Congo Central , tributary of the Congo, in Portuguese Cuilo
  • Kouilou (river) or Kwilu, in the Niari department also Niadi or Niari, river in the Republic of the Congo; In 1887 ceded to France by the Congo Free State
    • Kouilou , department in the Republic of the Congo.