Quiteta Coast

The coast south of Luanda is broken by bays and river mouths along the arid Angolan shore. At Quicombo, near Sumbe, ships found a landing place between Luanda and Benguela. During the Dutch occupation of Luanda in the 1640s, Portuguese forces used Quicombo as a point of arrival for men and supplies. Reinforcements could be landed there and sent inland toward Massangano, where the Portuguese held out during the struggle for control of Angola.