Bailundo (pre-1975 Vila Teixeira da Silva) is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
, with a population of 294,494 (2014), and a town, with a population of 70,481 (2014), in the province of
Huambo,
Angola
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.
In the 1990s, Bailundo was the location of the headquarters of
UNITA leader
Jonas Savimbi.
On January 19, 2008, a
Gira Globo Aeronáutica Beechcraft B200 Super King Air on approach to
Huambo Airport in
Huambo crashed on a mountain near Bailundo, killing all 13 people on board.
Located in Bailundo is the
non-sovereign Kingdom of Bailundo. In 2021, Tchongolola Tchongonga was elected king of the Kingdom, to succeed Ekuikui IV who was deposed earlier in the same year.
Kings are considered to be significant community leaders, and play important roles in local matters.
See also
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Bailundo (kingdom)
The Kingdom of Bailundo, also known as Bailundu, Mbailundu or Mbalundu, is an Angolan Ovimbundu kingdom based in the modern-day province of Huambo, in the central highlands of Angola. It was one of the largest and most powerful Ovimbundu kingd ...
References
Municipalities of Angola
Populated places in Huambo Province
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