Cambambe is a

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' ...

Cuanza Norte Province The Cuanza Norte Province (; ) is province of Angola. N'dalatando is the capital and the province has an area of 24,110 km2 and a population of 443,386. Manuel Pedro Pacavira was born here and is a former provincial governor. The 1,400 met ...

in Angola. It is the site of a hydroelectric dam on the

Cuanza River The Kwanza River, also known as the Coanza, the Quanza, and the Cuanza, is the longest river in Angola. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean just south of the national capital Luanda. Geography The river is navigable for about from its mouth, l ...

. Cambambe also contains ruins from the 17th-century Portuguese settlement of the area, including the

Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosario The Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosario (in ) is located in Kuanza Norte province, Angola. History This church is placed in Kambambe, Province of Kwanza Norte and it was built by order of the Governor Manuel Cerveira Pereira, in 1603. It is ...

and the

Fortress of Kambambe The Fortress of Kambambe (or Cambambe; ) is a historic stronghold built by Portuguese colonialists on the east bank of the Cuanza River in Cambambe, Province of Cuanza Norte Province, Angola. History The Fortress of Kambambe was constructed in ...

. The municipality had a population of 90,766 in 2014.

References

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