Cacongo
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| Coordinates | 5 ° 14 ′ S , 12 ° 8 ′ E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Angola | ||
| Cabinda | |||
| Município | Cacongo | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | AO-CAB | ||
| Comuna | Cacongo | ||
| surface | 1631 km² | ||
| Residents | 13,000 | ||
| density | 8 Ew. / km² | ||
| politics | |||
| mayor | Margarida Issaco | ||
 Location of the municipality of Cacongo in the province of Cabinda
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Cacongo is a district on the Atlantic Ocean in about Angola belonging exclave of Cabinda . The Lagoa Massabi lagoon is located in Cacongo County.
history
In 1941 the Portuguese colonial power created the district with its seat in Vila Guilherme Capelo. After Angola's independence, to which Cabinda now belonged, the place was renamed Lândana, and the district was given the name Cacongo, derived from the Bakongo ethnic group who lived here .
administration
Cacongo is a district ( Município , Munizip) in the province of Cabinda . The main town of the municipality is Lândana . Cacongo has about 13,000 inhabitants (2012 estimate) on an area of 1631 km². From now on, the 2014 census should provide reliable population figures.
In the north, the municipality of Cacongo borders on the Republic of the Congo , in the northeast on the municipality of Buco-Zau and in the south on the city of Cabinda .
Three municipalities ( Comunas ) make up the Cacongo district:
Attack on January 8, 2010
On January 8, 2010, two days before the start of the 2010 African Cup , the FLEC carried out a terrorist attack on the team bus of the Togolese national soccer team in the municipality of Cacongo, near the border with the Republic of the Congo , as the team was on their way to their first game was at the Estádio Nacional de Chiazi in Cabinda. She killed three members of the Togolese delegation, including assistant coach Améleté Abalo , and injured other players and coaches. Togo then did not take part in the African Championship.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article from April 6, 2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the website of the public radio station Rádio Nacional de Angola , accessed on March 16, 2014
- ^ Cacongo County profile on the 2014 Angola Census website, accessed March 16, 2014
- ↑ Incident claims one dead (accessed on January 9, 2010)
