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Cabinda
Municipality and city in Cabinda Province, Angola

Cabinda

Cabinda, also known as Chioua, is a city and a municipality in the Cabinda Province, an exclave of Angola.

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It is the administrative capital of Cabinda. Angolan sovereignty over Cabinda is disputed by the secessionist Republic of Cabinda. The city of Cabinda had a population of 550,000 and the municipality a population of 624,646, at the 2014 Census. The residents of the city are known as Cabindas or Fiotes. Cabinda, due to its proximity to rich oil reserves, serves as one of Angola's main oil ports. With a territorial area of 1,823 km², it is the most populous municipality in the province and the ninth most populous in the country.

Get in

Getting to Cabinda

Main gateway is

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    Cabinda Airport

    National carrier TAAG has several daily flights from the capital Luanda.

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