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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 623 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KABINDA , a Portuguese See also:

possession on the See also:west See also:coast of See also:Africa See also:north of the mouth of the See also:Congo. Westwards it See also:borders the See also:Atlantic, N. and N.E. See also:French Congo, S. and S.E. Belgian Congo. It has a coast-See also:line of 93 m., extends inland, at its greatest breadth, 70 m., and has an See also:area of about 3000 sq. m. In its See also:physical features, See also:flora, See also:fauna and inhabitants, it resembles the coast region of French Congo (q.v.). The only considerable See also:river is the Chiloango, which in See also:part forms the boundary between Portuguese and Belgian territory, and in its See also:lower course divides Kabinda into two fairly even portions. The mouth of the river is in 5° 12' S., 12° 5' E. The See also:chief See also:town, named Kabinda, is a seaport on the right See also:bank of the small river Bele, in 5° 33' S., 12° ro' E.; pop. about ro,000. From the beauty of its situation, and the fertility of the adjacent See also:country, it has been called the See also:paradise of the coast. The See also:harbour is sheltered and commodious, with anchorage in four fathoms. Kabinda was formerly a noted slave mart.

Farther north are the ports of Landana and Massabi. Between Kabinda and Landana is Molembo at the See also:

head of a small See also:bay of the same name. There is a considerable See also:trade in See also:palm oil, ground nuts and other See also:jungle produce, largely in the hands of See also:British and See also:German firms. The possession of the See also:enclave of Kabinda by See also:Portugal is a result of the efforts made by that nation during the last See also:quarter of the 19th See also:century to obtain See also:sovereignty over both See also:banks of the lower Congo. Whilst Portugal succeeded in obtaining the See also:southern bank of the river to the limit of navigability from the See also:sea, the See also:northern bank became part of the Congo See also:Free See also:State (see AFRICA, § 5). Portuguese claims to the north of the river were, however, to some extent met by the recognition of her right to Kabinda. The southernmost part of Kabinda is 25 M. (following the coast-line) north of the mouth of the Congo. This See also:district as far north as the Chiloango river and including the adjacent territory of Belgian Congo) is sometimes spoken of as Kacongo. The name See also:Loango (q.v.) was also applied to this region as well as to the coast-lands immediately to the north. Administratively Kabinda forms a See also:division of the Congo district of the See also:province of See also:Angola (q.v.). The inhabitants are See also:Bantu negroes who are called Kabindas.

They are an intelligent, energetic and enterprising See also:

people, daring sailors and active traders.

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