What is "bangalla"

Bangalla, also known as Bengali or Bangolia or Bengalla (in the 1996 movie adaptation), is a fictional African country that features in the Lee Falk created comic series The Phantom. Bangalla is the home of the Phantom, who resides in the Deep Woods of the jungle in the fabled Skull Cave. In the 1996 film, Bengalla is located in Asia instead of Africa. In the 2009 The Phantom (miniseries) Bangalla is a fictional small island nation located in the Malay Archipelago.