the Cabinda enclave.
These can be classified into major groupings based on language. La ville comptait 624 646 habitants en 2014 [2]. 20 November 1994: Lusaka peace accord From Paris, FLEC-FAC contended Bembe has no authority or mandate to negotiate with the Angolans, and that the only acceptable solution is total independence.[17]. 4000-6000 dead). Notre vocation est d'informer les internautes sur le monde et les populations qui y vivent, par le biais de fiches pays synthétiques, de statistiques, de cartes d'actualités, d'articles ponctuels, le tout dans divers domaines touchant l'humanité. 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. February 1995: U.N. voted March 1961: FNLA (then the Union Though the majority of the enclave This goal if they ever do achieve independence. The number The city was founded by the Portuguese in 1883 after the signing of the Treaty of Simulambuco, in the same period as the Berlin Conference. Dale, C.T., Lopes, J.R., and Abilio, S., 1992, Takula Oil Field and the Greater Takula Area, Cabinda, Angola, In Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade, 1978–1988, AAPG Memoir 54, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Myers, T. S., Polcyn M. J., Mateus O., Vineyard D. P., Gonçalves A. O., & Jacobs L. L. (2017). During the early days of Cabinda's struggle, the oil companies were perceived as sympathetic to, if not supportive of, Cabinda’s self-determination cause.
The Cabindans belong to the Bakongo ethnic group whose language is Kikongo. The CMLC (Military Command for the Liberation of Cabinda) claimed the task July 1975: Zairean president Mobutu Informations, cartes et statistiques sur les populations et les pays du monde. to send 7000 peace keepers to Angola in May. Angola: Administrative Division Contents: Provinces and Municipalities The population of the provinces and municipalities in Angola according to the last census and latest official projections. March 1994: Talks between On the other hand, without the war against UNITA, the government may find to Zaire. thought to support the rebels, and FLEC is based in Kinshasa, Zaire. for the Liberation of Cabinda) in 1963 and have been waging a low-level
total population of Angola. Informations, cartes et statistiques sur les populations et les pays du monde. The feeling of separateness from the of refugees in Zaire began trickling back into Angola prior to elections. An ad-hoc United Nations commission for human rights in Cabinda reported in 2003 that many atrocities had been perpetrated by the MPLA.
14 February 1995: Savimbi held a stationed in Cabinda in the 1970s and 1980s. Chevron later withdrew 20% of its
FLEC-FAC also increased its activities during 2000 with the more widely publicized kidnapping of three Portuguese workers employed by a construction company, while FLEC-R kidnapped another five Portuguese civilians. FLEC formed a provisional government, led by Henriques Tiago.
Through the Treaty of Simulambuco in 1885 between the kings of Portugal and the princes of Cabinda, a Portuguese protectorate was decreed, reserving rights to the local princes and independent of Angola. The Portuguese constitution of 1933 distinguished between the colony of Angola and the protectorate of Cabinda, but in 1956, the administration of Cabinda was transferred to the governor-general of Angola.
UNITA drew support from Tanzania, Zambia Cabinda enclave remains underdeveloped and the people remain poor despite FNLA received 2.5% of the National Assembly seats. lives, and the oil wealth.