Catumbela River

Catumbela River
Catumbella, Cata-Bella
Boatman navigating the waters of the Catumbela River in 2015.
Map of Catumbela River and tributaries.
Location
CountriesAngola
ProvincesBenguela Province
CitiesChikuma, Biópio, Catumbela
Physical characteristics
MouthCatumbela Estuary
Length240 km (150 mi)
Basin size16,500 km2 (6,400 sq mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftCubal
 • rightCuíva

The Catumbela is a river in central Angola. The river mouth is at the Catumbela Estuary on the Atlantic Ocean at Catumbela, between Lobito and Benguela, and 240 kilometres (150 mi) from where it rises in the hills of Cassoco. The Catumbela supplies water to the city of Lobito. The mouth of the Catumbela was noted as a green vegetated region surrounded by barren land along the coast and a couple miles inland where it cuts a gorge through bare mountains.[1] Alternate spellings are Catumbella and Cata-Bella.[2]

Its main tributaries are the Cuíva River on the right bank, and Cubal River on the left bank.

The Catumbela was a center of the slave trade to the New World until it was banned in 1836. Portugal then built a fort at the river mouth and a small community grew up in the area. Exports of palm oil, rubber,[1] serviçais (indentured servants), rum, sugar and other goods traded from further inland supported a small town with several hundred Portuguese colonists. The Cassaquel sugar company, founded in 1913, and later called Primeiro de Maio operated on the banks of the river and would become the largest sugar producer in Angola. It closed in 1990 but at its peak employed over 5,000 who lived in dozens of company towns.[3]

Two dams on the Catumbela River produce electrical power for the Lobito and Benguela areas. The Lomaum Dam in Benguela province was built in 1965, destroyed by UNITA in 1983 and later rebuilt with Portuguese help.[4][5][6]

The Benguela Railway built a bridge over the river in 1905. A new 438-metre-long (1,437 ft) bridge over the river on the Lobito to Benguela highway was completed in 2009.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa, Catherine Higgs, Ohio University Press, Jul 3, 2012, pp. 83-85
  2. ^ A Sailing Directory for the Ethiopic Or South Atlantic Ocean, Including a Description of the Coasts of South America and Africa, Alexander G. Findlay, Richard Holmes Laurie, 1883, p. 767
  3. ^ Company Towns: Labor, Space, and Power Relations Across Time and Continents, Marcelo J. Borges, Susana B. Torres, Palgrave Macmillan, Aug 16, 2012, pp. 97ff.
  4. ^ "Portuguese Aid for Lomaum Dam". Modern Power Systems. 9. Miller Freeman Publications: 13. 1989.
  5. ^ Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional surveys of the world (33rd ed.). Psychology Press. 2003. p. 52. ISBN 1-85743-183-9.
  6. ^ "Angola: Power Production Encourages Investments in Industry". All Africa. July 22, 2010. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
  7. ^ Bridge over Catumbela river, Angola opens to traffic, Macauhub, September 11, 2009

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