Bihé

Bihé, a fruitful district of South Africa, E. of Benguela, and under Portuguese influence. The eastern part rises to a lofty plateau, where the climate is delightful. Bihé is an important caravan centre, as the only route across the continent south of the Congo passes through it. The trade is chiefly in slaves and ivory. Area, 2500 sq. m.; pop. 95,000. Kagnomba, the king's capital, is more than 3 miles in circumference. See Major S. Pinto's How I Crossed Africa (1881).