Komorn
a town and fortress in Hungary, on the island of Schütt, in the Danube. The fortress, one of the strongest in Europe, commenced in the end of the 13th century, was greatly enlarged and strengthened by Matthias Corvinus; and again in 1805-1809. Though taken by Ferdinand I. in 1527, it successfully withstood the Turks in 1543, 1594, and 1663. Klapka held it for the Hungarians against the Austrians from October, 1848, to September, 1849.
KONG, a district of west Africa, along the upper course of the Comoe.
The district is a plateau, whose average elevation is 2,300 feet above sea-level, rising in a few groups of peaks up to 6,000 feet. The Kong Mountains of the geographers are isolated granitic peaks only 300 feet above the plateau. The people, Mandingoes by race and Mohammedans by religion, manufacture cotton stuffs and carry on indigo dyeing. The capital of the state is the town of Kong, population, about 12,000. This district was declared a protectorate of France in 1889.
KONG-FU-TSE. See CONFUCIUS.
KONGO or CONGO FREE STATE, or BELGIAN KONGO, a territory in Africa which, recognized by the European powers assembled at the conference at Berlin in 1885, has the following ital of the state ocated about 188 Bomba The state by the Mahrattas, produces cereals, 000. Population of 00.
IN, a town of Bohe 33 miles E. by S. of battle was fought Marshal Daun and ander Frederick II eated with a total loss Austrians lost 8,000. mar, a city in Alsace.
OGNE. -lösh'an), a linguis- 30 or 12 tribes, numnearly all of whors J-ma'), a river of wing from the Stanis only free from ice the year. Its waters and fortress in Schült, in the end of Matthias Corvints; -1809. Though taken 1527, it successfully in 15-19, 1594, and it for the Hungarustrians from October, , 1849. rict of west Africa, of the Comoe. average sen-level, sup to ns of the manufacture cotton on indigo dying. The 12,000. This district otectorate of France in See CONFUCIUS.
ONGO FREE STATE, CONGO, & territory in cognized by the Euro embled at the cor fer- 1885, has the following KONGO KÖNIGSBERG boundaries: The N. bank from the principal products are ivory, palm oil, mouth, with a strip of territory averag- palm kernels, india-rubber, various gums, ing about 60 miles in width, as far as ana, the entrance part of the river. At Manyanga the French territory com- mences and continues along the N. bank, passing Stanley Pool as far ana, the entrance part of the river. At Manyanga the French territory comand continues along the N. mences as far bank, passing Stanley Pool as the Mobangi. The territory of the Kongo Free State recommences at this river, and the boundary line runs along the left bank as far as the 4th parallel of N. latitude, which then becomes the N. boundary of the central portion of the state. On the N. E. it extends to the watershed of the Kongo basin, E. to lon. 30° E. and Lake Tanganyika, S. E. to Lake Bangweolo and the S. watershed of the Kongo basin as far as Lake Dilolo, S. W. to the Kassai river, to lat. 7° S., the Kwilu, the Kwango, and the parallel of Nokki. These boundaries were only finally settled by the neutrality declarations of 1894 and 1895, after a series of treaties. The area is stated at 900,000 square miles; pop., about 10,000,000.
The Kongo Free State is governed by an administrative bureau at Brussels, also by a Governor-General, resident in Kongo who has his headquarters at Boma, 60 miles from the se, right bank of the river. The state has stations at Banana, Vivi, Boma, and Matadi on the Lower Kongo; at Lukungu, Issangila, Manyanga, Lutete on the Middle Kongo; and at Leopoldville, Kinshassa, Kwamouth, Lukolela, Equator, Bangala, and Stanley Falls on the Upper Kongo, etc. Besides these the state has erected two stations on the Kasai, Luebo, and Luluaberg. All imports are free, coinage and and only such export duties are levied as are necessary to carry on the work of administration. It has postal service, and has entered into the Postal Union. a on the The inhabitants of the Kongo basin belong to what has been termed the Bantu They are race. a happy, inoffensive people, not so dark as the Fan or Ethi- Postal Union. long to what has been termed the Bantu race. They are a happy, inoffensive The inhabitants of the Kongo basin becommunities, they can offer but slight resistance to the advance of civilization; and as they are born traders, they take very readily to commerce.
The Swaheli language has much in common with the Kishi Kongo, or language spoken on the communities, they can offer but slight re- sistance to the advance of civilization; and as they are born traders, they take very readily to commerce. The Swaheli ism; and domestic slavery exists everywhere. The name of French Kongo is now given to what was known as the Gaboon territory; and Portuguese Kongo is the coast country to the S. of the independent state. The climate of the Kongo State is tropical. The interior is more healthful than on the coast. The ground nuts, camwood, beeswax, orchilla; also coffee, tobacco, hill rice, maize, and sorghum. Tropical fruits, such as babody of water, nearly 10 miles wide, and over 1,300 feet in depth. Its upper course remained unknown till Stanley identified the Kongo with the Lualaba,