Sumbis

Sumbis lies on the Angolan coast near the mouth of the Kuvo River. In the seventeenth century the port of Sumbe a Mbale belonged to the inland state of Kilembe, whose territory extended toward the plateau and its copper mines. The coast and interior were linked by the movement of traders and goods. In 1762 the Portuguese built the fort of Gunza-Cabolo, around which the settlement of Sumbe later developed.