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Average Temperature 25°

Cabinda is the Angolan province located in the country's upper Northern region. As a matter of fact, it is an enclave limited in the Northern border by the Congo Republic, in the East by the Democratic Congo Republic and in the West by the Atlantic Ocean. This province is composed by 4 different Municipalities - i.e. Belize, Buco Zau, Cabinda and Cacongo, inter-connected through a roadway, distributed over a territorial extension of 7,270 sq Km.

The local climate is moist tropical and the average yearly temperature is 25ºC. In fact, Cabinda is a province rich in natural resources such as oil, whose exploration employs most of the population, apart from other notorious renewable resources like wood and, in a lower scale, agriculture and fishing. Ethnically, in Cabinda, most inhabitants are from Bakongo origin, which comprehends several clans, namely the Bawoyos, Bakokis, Balingis, Bayombes and Basundis. The national language is Ibinda, which divides itself into Kiombe to the North and into Kiwoyo to the South. One of most relevant and odd ethnic group is the Bakamas one, which identifies itself with peculiar face masks that simbolyze seral rituals of the region. They claim to be the protectors of both Cabindan land and community. Likewise, they claim to act as middle-men between the people and the spirits of gods and ancestors, living in Tchizo hill.