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Luengué Hunting Reserve
The Luengué Hunting Reserve (also known as Luengue Hunting Area) is located in Luengué, Mavinga, Cuando Cubango, Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c .... Established on July 15, 1959, it is . References Protected areas of Angola Protected areas established in 1959 {{Africa-protected-area-stub ...
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Luengue
Luengue is a municipality in Cuando Province in southeast Angola. Prior to the 2024 reform of administrative divisions in Angola, it was a commune in the municipality of Mavinga Mavinga is a municipality in Angola, and the capital of Cuando Province since that province's creation in 2024. It is one of the three municipalities in Angola whose inhabitants are predominantly Mbunda. The municipality had a population of 27, ... in the province of Cuando Cubango. As of 2014, the city had a population of 3,457 people over an area of . See also * Luengué Hunting Reserve References Populated places in Cuando Province Municipalities of Angola {{Angola-geo-stub ...
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Mavinga, Cuando Cubango
Mavinga is a municipality in Angola, and the capital of Cuando Province since that province's creation in 2024. It is one of the three municipalities in Angola whose inhabitants are predominantly Mbunda. The municipality had a population of 27,196 in 2014. Previously Mavinga was part of Cuando Cubango Province, when it comprised the communes of Mavinga, Cunjamba/Dime, Cutuile and Luengue. See also * Luengué Hunting Reserve *Mbunda language *Mbunda people The Mbunda or Vambunda (singular ''Kambunda'', adjective and language ''Mbunda'', ''Mbúùnda'' or ''Chimbúùnda'') are a Bantu people who, during the Bantu migrations, came from the north to south-eastern Angola and finally Barotseland, now p ... References Further reading * Populated places in Cuando Province Municipalities of Angola Provincial capitals in Angola {{Angola-geo-stub ...
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Cuando Cubango
Cuando Cubango (Umbundu: Kwando Kubango Volupale) was a former province of Angola. It was divided into the provinces of Cuando and Cubango in 2024. Cuando Cubango had an area of 199,049km2 and a population of 534,002 in 2014. Menongue was the capital of the province. The name of the province derives from that of the Cuando and Cubango rivers, which flow through the eastern and western edges of the province, respectively. History Throughout much of the 1980s and 1990s, Cuando Cubango served as the location for the primary base camp of Angola's UNITA rebel movement, led by Jonas Savimbi. The rebel movement received support from the United States as part of the Cold War conflict against Angola's Marxist government, which was supported by the Soviet Union, Cuba and other communist states. Savimbi and UNITA maintained a large and clandestine base camp in the Cubando Cubango town of Jamba. The camp was protected by anti-aircraft weapons and included an air strip, which was us ...
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Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of countries and dependencies by population, population and is the List of African countries by area, seventh-largest country in Africa. It is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an Enclave and exclave, exclave province, the province of Cabinda Province, Cabinda, that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and most populous city is Luanda. Angola has been inhabited since the Paleolithic, Paleolithic Age. After the Bantu expansion reached the region, states were formed by the 13th century and organised into confederations. The Kingdom of Kongo ascended to achieve hegemony among the ...
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Protected Areas Of Angola
The protected areas of Angola include national parks, partial nature reserves, integral nature reserves, and regional nature parks. As of mid-2020, protected areas 87,507 km, or 7% of Angola's land area.UNEP-WCMC (2020)Protected Area Profile for Angolafrom the World Database of Protected Areas. Retrieved 1 June 2023. National parks ( IUCN protected area category II) * Bicuar National Park (7,900 km²) est. 1964 * Cameia National Park (14,450 km²) est. 1938 * Cangandala National Park (630 km²) est. 1970 * Iona National Park (15,150 km²) est. 1964 * Luengue-Luiana National Park (22,610 km²) est. 1966 * Maiombe National Park, est. 2011 * Mavinga National Park (5,950 km²) est. 1966 * Mupa National Park (6,600 km²) est. 1964 * Quiçama National Park (9,960 km²) est. 1957 Integral nature reserves ( IUCN protected area category IV) * Ilheu dos Passaros Integral Nature Reserve (2 km²) est. 1973 * Luando Integral Nature Reserv ...
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