Cacongo (ex-Lândana, Concelho de Cacongo, Malemba, or Molembo) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in Cabinda Province, an exclave of Angola. Its principal town is

Cacongo Cacongo (Guilherme Capelo or Lândana) is a town, with a population of 15,000 (2014), in Cacongo municipality, Cabinda Province, in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption ...

. Landana lies on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, adjacent to Landana Bay. The municipality covers and had a population of 39,076 at the 2014 Census; the latest official estimate (as at mid 2019) is 44,974.

History

At the time of the arrival of the Portuguese in the 15th Century it was populated by the Kongo people and was the major portion of the

Kingdom of Kakongo Kakongo was a small kingdom located on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, in the modern-day Republic of the Congo and Cabinda Province, Angola. Along with its neighboring kingdoms of Ngoyo and Loango, Kakongo became an important political co ...

Geology

The coast of Lândana is known by the Paleocene fossils, including ''Cabindachelys landanensis'', ''

Congosaurus ''Congosaurus'' is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid mesoeucrocodylian. Fossils have been found from Lândana, in Angola and date back to the Paleocene epoch. In 1952 and 1964 ''Congosaurus'' was proposed to be synonymous with ''Dyrosaurus''. The ...

'', and ''Cimomia landanensis''.

References

Populated places in Cabinda Province Lighthouses in Angola {{Angola-geo-stub

History

Geology

See also

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