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
Cabinda (formerly called Portuguese Congo, kg, Kabinda) is an exclave and province of Angola in Africa, a status that has been disputed by several political organizations in the territory. The capital city is also called Cabinda, known locall ...
, 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. The former Lândana municipality is now known as Cacongo, and the town is sometimes still known as Lândan ...
. 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
The Kongo people ( kg, Bisi Kongo, , singular: ; also , singular: ) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined as the speakers of Kikongo. Subgroups include the Beembe, Bwende, Vili, Sundi, Yombe, Dondo, Lari, and others.
They have lived ...
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 g ...
'', and ''Cimomia landanensis''.
See also
*
List of lighthouses in Angola
This is a list of lighthouses in Angola.
Lighthouses
See also
* List of lighthouses in the Republic of the Congo (to the north-west)
* List of lighthouses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
* List of lighthouses in Namibia (to the south) ...
References
Populated places in Cabinda Province
Lighthouses in Angola
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