Cacong

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 611

Cacong, or KAKONGO, formerly a district of Guinea, Africa, extending along the South Atlantic Ocean, in 5° S. lat., just north of the mouth of the Congo. The Cacong River enters the sea in 5° 12' S. This territory was claimed by the Portuguese, and Cabinda (q.v.) is the north part of it; the south and east to the Congo have been absorbed in the Congo Free State.

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