Cacongo

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Cacongo

| settlement_type = Town

| pushpin_map = Angola

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Angola

| population_total = 15000

| population_as_of = Census 2014

| coordinates = {{coord|05|14|S|12|08|E|region:AO_type:city|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Angola}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Cabinda

| timezone = WAT

| utc_offset = +1

| blank_name = Climate

| blank_info = Aw

}}

Cacongo{{GEOnet2|32FA881365FD3774E0440003BA962ED3|Cacongo (Approved)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Guilherme Capelo{{GEOnet2|32FA881365FC3774E0440003BA962ED3|Guilherme Capelo (Variant)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency or Lândana{{GEOnet2|32FA881365FB3774E0440003BA962ED3|Lândana (Variant)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) is a town, with a population of 15,000 (2014),[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/cities/ Citypopulation.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308014835/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/cities/ |date=8 March 2021 }} Population of cities & urban localities in Angola in Cacongo municipality, Cabinda Province, in Angola.{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/yao.html|title=City councils of Angola|publisher=Statoids|access-date=7 April 2009|archive-date=29 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929074103/http://www.statoids.com/yao.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web | url = http://www.angola.org/referenc/provinces.html | title = Reference Center: Provinces | publisher = Angolan Embassy in the United States | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060211115650/http://www.angola.org/referenc/provinces.html | archive-date= 11 February 2006}} The former Lândana municipality is now known as Cacongo, and the town is sometimes still known as Lândana.[http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/ GeoNames Search] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318130018/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/ |date=18 March 2017 }}: "Angola: Cabinda: Cacongo", United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency It is located on Lândana Bay about a kilometer south of the mouth of the Chiloango River.United States. Hydrographic Office (1916) Africa Pilot: The southwest coast of Africa from Cape Palmas to the Cape of Good Hope, including the islands of St. Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha, and neighboring islands Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., volume 1, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9tINAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA346 page 346] {{OCLC|62355097}}

History

At the time of the arrival of the Portuguese in the 15th century the village was populated by the Kongo people, and was part of the Kakongo Kingdom. The Portuguese, Dutch, British and French traded along the coast in the 18th and 19th centuries, but the Portuguese formally occupied the town in 1883 following a treaty with the local king,Rawson, Rawson W. (November 1884) "The Territorial Partition of the Coast of Africa" Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography, Volume 6, No. XI, pages 615–631, [https://books.google.com/books?id=cBASAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA623 page 623] prior to the Treaty of Simulambuco.

References

Category:Populated places in Cabinda Province

Category:Municipalities of Angola