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Ombadja
Ombadja (known as Santa Clara until 1975) is municipality in Cunene Province, Angola. Its seat is the village of Xangongo (known in ancient times as Roçadas). It occupies 12,264 square kilometers and has about 304,964 inhabitants . It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Matala, in the east by the municipalities of Cuvelai, Namacunde, Cuanhama, west by the municipalities of Curoca and Cahama. It contains the communes of Xangongo, Ombala-Yo-Mungo, Naulila, Humbe Humbe is a town and Communes of Angola, commune in the municipality of Ombadja, province of Cunene Province, Cunene, Angola. It also used to be the location of a Roman Catholic mission station in southern Angola, located ca. 10 kilometre, km to ... and Mucope. References {{reflist Cunene Province Municipalities of Angola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humbe
Humbe is a town and Communes of Angola, commune in the municipality of Ombadja, province of Cunene Province, Cunene, Angola. It also used to be the location of a Roman Catholic mission station in southern Angola, located ca. 10 kilometre, km to the north-east of Xangongo, in the tribal area of the Ombadja tribe of the Owambo people, Ovambos. It was located on a tributary of the Kunene River, flowing into this river from the north. Humbe was established in ca. 1882, after the Catholics had made a failed attempt to establish themselves near the Finnish Missionary Society, Finnish mission station of Olukonda in Ondonga, Ovamboland, in 1879, and in then in Omaruru, Namibia, Omaruru, Hereroland, further south in South West Africa in 1882. The attempts of the Portugal, Portuguese to subjugate the Ovambos of Ombadja and Oukwanyama were initially unsuccessful, and 1904 they suffered a massive defeat Battle of the Cunene, at the Cunene river. In response, the Portuguese established Forte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naulila
Naulila is a town and Communes of Angola, commune in the municipality of Ombadja, province of Cunene Province, Cunene, Angola. Located on the Cunene River which separates Angola and Namibia, Naulila was the scene of fighting between Angola (Portugal), Portuguese Angola and German South West Africa during the early stages of World War I. On 19 October 1914, a German military column crossed the border and entered Angola without authorisation from the Portuguese authorities. The column was intercepted by Portuguese forces and conducted to Fort Naulila. At Naulila, a dispute occurred between the Portuguese and the Germans which resulted in the deaths of three German officers. On 31 October, the Germans under the command of Oswald Ostermann retaliated, and raided the Portuguese fort at Cuangar with the use of machine guns, in which the fort was destroyed and the majority of the border guards killed. This was later referred to as the "Cuangar Massacre". On 18/19 December, Victor Franke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xangongo
Xangongo (pre-1975: ''Vila Roçadas'') is a town, with a population of 35,000 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Ombadja, province of Cunene, Angola. It is also the seat of that municipality and is located at around . It was also the site of considerable fighting in the war for the independence of Namibia (Southwest Africa) and the Angolan Civil War. Xangongo and SWAPO Xangongo was the headquarters of SWAPO's "northwestern front." A South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...n military operation called " Operation Protea" occurred on August 23, 1981. Its aim was to destroy SWAPO in the Angolan towns of Xangongo and Ondjiva. It was very successful and significantly boosted the South African military operations against both SWAPO and the Angolan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mucope
Mucope is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Cunene. See also * Communes of Angola The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are Administrative division, administrative units in Angola after Municipalities of Angola, municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola are divided into communes. There are a total of 618 communes of Ang ... References {{coord missing, Angola Populated places in Cunene Province Communes in Cunene Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuanhama
Cuanhama, also known as Kwanhama, is a municipality in Cunene Province, Angola. Cuanhama occupies 20,255 square kilometers and has 374,529 inhabitants . It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Cuvelai, east by the municipality of Menongue, the south by the municipality of Namacunde, and west by the municipality of Ombadja. Ondjiva, the administrative capital of Cunene Province, is located in Cuanhama. Other communes in Cuanhama include Môngua, Evale, Nehone and Tchimporo-Yonde Tchimporo-Yonde is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Cunene. See also * Communes of Angola The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are Administrative division, administrative units in Angola after Municipalities of Ang .... Demographics The municipality of Cuanhama recorded high population growth in recent years and is currently the most populous in the whole province of Cunene.RODRIGUES, C.U. (2007) Economia Global e Gestão, 12(3): 57-70 References {{reflist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ombala-Yo-Mungo
Ombala yo Mungu is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Cunene. See also * Communes of Angola The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are Administrative division, administrative units in Angola after Municipalities of Angola, municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola are divided into communes. There are a total of 618 communes of Ang ... References Populated places in Cunene Province Communes in Cunene Province {{Angola-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahama
Cahama is a town, with a population of 12,767 (2014 census), and a municipality of Cunene Province, Angola. The population of the municipality was 70,061 according to the 2014 census in an area of 9,700 km. The municipality consists of the communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ... Cahama and Otchinjau. preliminary results There is an airport (FN17) to the north of the town. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curoca
Curoca or Kuroka is a municipality in Cunene Province in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina .... The municipality had a population of 41,087 in 2014. It used to be called Vila de Aviz. Its main town is named Onkokwa. References Populated places in Cunene Province Municipalities of Angola {{Angola-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namacunde
Namacunde or Namakunde is a town and municipality in Cunene Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 142,047 in 2014. History as a mission station Namacunde was a mission station of the Rhenish Mission Society in Oukwanyama in southern Angola, located to the south-east of Ondjiva. Namacunde mission was founded in 1900 by the German missionary Wilhelm Ickler. At the time it was thought that the area was part of German South West Africa. Just as Ickler had begun the construction of the third mission German mission station in Oukwanyama, he fell ill with malaria and blackwater fever and died on 22 June 1900. In November 1915 the Germans had to leave Namacunde, as it became the border station between Portuguese West Africa and British South West Africa. Tourist attractions Oihole Transport Namakunde lies on the route of the proposed railway linking Angola and Namibia. See also *Railway stations in Namibia A train station, railway station, railro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cunene River
The Cunene (Portuguese spelling) or Kunene (common Namibian spelling) is a river in Southern Africa. It flows from the Angola highlands south to the border with Namibia. It then flows west along the border until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the few perennial rivers in the region. It is about long, with a drainage basin in area. Its mean annual discharge is 174 m3/s (6,145 cfs) at its mouth. The Epupa Falls lie on the river. Olushandja Dam dams a tributary of the river, the Etaka, and helps provide the Ruacana Power Station with water. Dam controversies The Namibian government proposed in the late 1990s to build the Epupa Dam, a controversial hydroelectric dam on the Cunene. In 2012 the Governments of Namibia and Angola announced plans to jointly build the Orokawe dam in the Baynes Mountains. According to the indigenous Himba who would have been most affected by the construction of the dam, the dam threatens the local ecosystem and therefore the economic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matala, Angola
Matala is a town and a municipality in the province of Huíla, Angola. The municipality had a population of 262,763 in 2014. Matala is situated along the Kunene River at an elevation of approximately 1300 metres above sea level; the Matala Weir is positioned at this point along the river.C.Michael Hogan. 2012''Kunene River''. eds. P.Saundry & C.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC./ref> Transport It lies on the southern line of Angolan Railways. See also * Railway stations in Angola Railway stations in Angola include: Towns served by rail North line (Luanda Railway) (CFL) (Also known as ''Luanda Railway'') (originally 1000 mm gauge, now 1067 mm gauge) * Luanda – port – national capital; junction ** Bungo ... References Populated places in Huíla Province Municipalities of Angola {{Angola-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
