Cacongo (ex-Lândana,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Concelho de Cacongo,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Malemba,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency or Molembo"Map of the territories of Cabinda, Molembo and Massabi" edited by A. A. d’Oliveira. – Scale 1:750,000. – Lisbon: Commissão de Cartographia, 1886, engraved and printed in Paris, by Erhard Fres.) is a municipality in Cabinda Province, an exclave of Angola. Its principal town is Cacongo. 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.Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, 2019.
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.
Geology The coast of Lândana is known by the Paleocene fossils, including Cabindachelys landanensis, Congosaurus, and Cimomia landanensis.
See also List of lighthouses in Angola
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