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Cabinda is a small territory, with a population of 300,000. About one third of Cabindans are refugees in the DR Congo. Cabinda is separated from Angola by DR Congo, which bounds the province on the south and the east. Cabinda is bounded on the north by the Republic of the Congo, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
Adjacent to the coast are some of the biggest oilfields of the world. Petroleum production began in 1968 and the region now accounts for most of Angola's output.
Modern Cabinda results from the fusion of three kingdoms, N'Goyo, Loango and Kacongo, as a Portuguese protectorate in 1885. (The area is also known as the Portuguese Congo.) In 1975 Cabinda was incorporated into newly-independent Angola, but the validity of this action has been disputed since by the armed Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) as well as by civil society groups. It is currently administered as an exclave of Angola.
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