Loango (can also be written as Luango, Lwango, Luangu, Lwangu, Luaangu or Lwaangu) is a town of the Republic of the Congo.

Located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, Loango had a population of 21,016 in 2023, the date of the country's last official census.

[3] Diosso was the former capital of the Kingdom of Loango and home to its rulers' mausoleum.

[4] Roman Catholic missionaries were active in Diosso, which had a royal palace.

[6] The first radiotelegraph link in the tropics, between Brazzaville and Loango, was created around 1910 using techniques developed by Joseph Bethenod, chief engineer of the Société française radio-électrique (SFR).