The site, now in ruins, was built in the 18th (18th) century to serve as a concentration and sale of slaves, mainly from the Central and Southern regions of Angola.
From which they were transported to the port of Cuio and from there to America.
Estimates indicate that more than two million slaves passed through the old Cambongue Ingles prison, which had capacity for three thousand people.
Given the consequences that slavery had on humanity, those responsible for that locality suggest that the Cambongue Ingles chain should be elevated to the category of national and, perhaps, global cultural heritage.
Agriculture is now one of the main sources of income for families in that region, having been one of the main production areas for sugar cane and palm oil.