Lândana

Lândana
Lândana
Coordinates	5 ° 14 ′  S , 12 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 5 ° 14 ′  S , 12 ° 8 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Angola
province	Cabinda
Município	Cacongo
Comuna	Cacongo
Residents	17,738 (2010)

LANDANA (also Landana or Cacongo ) is a city in which to Angola belonging exclave of Cabinda . The city is the capital of the district of Cacongo . The Landana amaranth bird is named after the place.

history

Under the Portuguese colonial administration , the place was called Vila Guilherme Capelo , after the Portuguese general and governor of Angola Guilherme Augusto de Brito Capelo (1839-1926). Since 1941 the small town ( Vila ) was the seat of a district. After Angola's independence in 1975, the place dropped its Portuguese place name and has since borne its current name.

economy

The Chevron Group produces oil in the Tombua Landana field in the offshore sea off Lândana. In addition, tourism is gaining in importance, especially the beaches of Lândana.

Sculptures

The local sculptures of the Bakongo people are internationally known . They are made from iron, ivory or wood.

Sculptures from Lândana in the World Museum Liverpool :

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Web links

Commons : Lândana  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Photos from Lândana on Flickr

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information folder of the Chevron Group on the Tombua-Landana oil field ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed on March 16, 2014 
2. ^ Article of September 28, 2012 by the state news agency ANGOP , accessed on March 16, 2014
3. ↑ Article on the province of Cabinda ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Angolan Embassy in Sweden, accessed March 16, 2014