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Cabinda, also known asChioua,[2] is a city and a municipality located in theCabinda Province, anexclave ofAngola. Angolan sovereignty over Cabinda is disputed by thesecessionistRepublic of Cabinda. The city of Cabinda had a population of 550,000[3] and the municipality a population of 624,646, at the 2014 Census. The residents of the city are known asCabindas orFiotes. Cabinda, due to its proximity to rich oil reserves, serves as one of Angola's main oil ports.[4][5]
The city's population has a distinctive culture from its way of dressing and eating to traditional rituals, especially Chicumbe and celebrated ceremonies ofBakamas do Tchizo,[8] a traditional ritual that enables the interaction between the living and the occult spirits of the gods and the ancestors, thus ensuring the reconciliation between the dead and the living.[9]
Since Portugal colonized Cabinda later than the rest of Angola, Portuguese, the official language of Angola, is not yet widely spoken, although Portuguese speakers are rapidly growing in number. Portuguese is used mostly in official or administrative settings. It isIbinda, aBantu language, that is the primary language of both the city and province of Cabinda.[5]
