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Ca·bin·da

 (kə-bĭn′də)
A territory of Angola forming an exclave on the Atlantic Ocean between the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was separated from Angola proper when the Congo Free State (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) acquired a corridor to the sea along the lower Congo River.
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Cabinda

(kəˈbiːndə)
n
(Placename) an exclave of Angola, separated from the rest of the country by part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Pop: about 300 000 (2002 est). Area: 7270 sq km (2807 sq miles)
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Ca•bin•da

(kəˈbin də)

n.
an exclave of Angola, on the W coast of Africa. 114,000; 2807 sq. mi. (7270 sq. km).
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and the Angolan Government to develop a multi-purpose deep-water port in the Northern Province of Cabinda, in Angola; Port of Caio (PoC).
She grew up in Angola or, rather, in Cabinda, a province cut off from Angola by a strip of land along the Congo River which is owned by the Democratic Republic of the Congo Both Angola and Cabinda were once part of the Portuguese Empire but after Angola won independence from Portugal in 1974 and following a subsequent bloody civil war, many in Cabinda agitated for independence.
Capoinvest Limited, the private investor in the Porto do Caio Project in Cabinda, has signed an investment agreement with the Angolan Government, represented by UTIP (Technical Unit for Private Investment), officially listing it as a foreign investor in the Project.
It was not until 1966 that Angola's true oil-producing potential was realised with the discovery of substantial reserves off the coast of Cabinda. The enclave has an oil haven, as production dominates the economic life of the province.