Ambaca is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in Cuanza Norte Province in

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 ...

. The municipality had a population of 61,769 in 2014. In the 17th century, the Portuguese colonial authorities built a fort in the village of Camabatela, near the Lucala River margin.

References

Populated places in Cuanza Norte Province Municipalities of Angola {{Angola-geo-stub