The peoples later called "Ganguela" have been known to the Portuguese since the 17th century, when they became involved in the commercial activities developed by the colonial bridgeheads of Luanda and Benguela which existed at that time.
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Europeans unfamiliar with the so-called "Ganguela" ethnic groups, but also contemporary urban Angolans often consider them erroneously as "tribes" of the Ovimbundu.
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These peoples live in that region, which today is the Cuando Cubango Province, together with other small groups, belonging to the Ovambo, Ganguela or Khoisan.