12 Facts About Cabinda province

Cabinda province is bounded on the north by the Republic of the Congo, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.

Cabinda province produces hardwoods, coffee, cacao, rubber, and palm oil products; however, petroleum production accounts for most of Cabinda province's domestic product.

Between 1827 and 1830, the Imperial Brazilian Navy maintained a naval base in the western part of Cabinda province, making it the only Brazilian colony outside of South America.

The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda province argues that the above-mentioned treaty was signed between the emissaries of the Portuguese Crown and the princes and notables of Cabinda province, then called Portuguese Congo, giving rise to not one, but three protectorates: Cacongo, Loango, and Ngoio.

Cabinda province once had the Congo River as the only natural boundary with Angola, but in 1885, the Berlin Conference extended the territory of the Congo Free State along the Congo River to the river's mouth at the sea.

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Under Portuguese rule, Cabinda province was an important agricultural and forestry center, and in 1967, it discovered huge offshore oil fields.

The town of Cabinda province, the capital of the territory, was a Portuguese administrative and services center with a port and airfield.

Since then, Cabinda has been, on the one hand, a normal Angolan province, but on the other hand, there has been persistent political protest against this status; the "Kabinda Free State" says the exclave was a Portuguese protectorate until Angola invaded in 1974.

The Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda province was formed in 1960 under the leadership of Luis Ranque Franque.

In 2010, Cabinda province became a charter member of the Organization of Emerging African States .

An ad-hoc United Nations commission for human rights in Cabinda province reported in 2003 that many atrocities had been perpetrated by the MPLA.

Province of Cabinda contains the following communes ; sorted by their respective municipalities:.