ƙasar Kwango sunanta jamhuriyar Kwango, tun kafin zamanin mulkin mallaka, to amma bayan da Turawan mulkin mallaka suka mamaye ƙasar sai suka sa mata suna Jamhuriyar dimokuraɗiyyar Kwango a ranar 1, ga watan Agustan, shekara ta 1964, kuma an yi haka ne da nufin banbance ta da maƙofciyarta wacce ita ma sunanta jamhuriyar Kwango. Mobutu Sese Seko shine tsohon shugabar kasar na kwango.daga bisani kuma Zayar ta karfi Mulkin,Yadda aka yi ta samu tsohon sunanta na Zayar kuwa ya faru ne a ranar 27 ga watan Oktoban shekara ta 1971, a zamanin mulkin tsohon shugaba Mabutu Sese Seko. Kuma sunan ya samo asali ne daga yadda al'ummar ƙasar Potigal suke kiran kogin kwango da suna nzere ko nzadi, wato ma'ana "Kogi mai haɗiye sauran koguna." To amma bayan da aka gudanar da yaƙin Kwango na farko, wanda yai sanadiyyar hamɓarar da gwamnatin Mobutu a shekara ta 1997, an sake mayar wa da ƙasar sunanta na zamanin Turawan mulki, wato jamhuriyar dimokuradiyyar Kwango. Ita dai jamhuriyar dimokuraɗiyyar Kwango, ƙasar Faransa ce tai mata mulkin mallaka, kuma ta kansance ne a yankin tsakiyar Afirka.