Cazenga is an city and the most densely populated of the nine municipalities that make up the
province of Luanda,
Angola
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. It has a population of 892,401 (2014 census), with an estimated 1,045,722 in 2019, covering an area of 37 km
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Administrative divisions
The municipality of Cazenga is made up of three communes:
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Cazenga Cazenga is an city and the most densely populated of the nine municipalities that make up the province of Luanda, Angola. It has a population of 892,401 (2014 census), with an estimated 1,045,722 in 2019, covering an area of 37 km2.
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Tala Hady
Tala Hady is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Luanda.
See also
* Communes of Angola
The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are Administrative division, administrative units in Angola after Municipalities of Angola, mu ...
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Hoji Ya Henda
Hoji Ya Henda is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Luanda.
See also
* Communes of Angola
The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are Administrative division, administrative units in Angola after Municipalities of Angola ...
Transportation
Cazenga is the site of the workshops for the
Luanda Railway
The Luanda Railway (sometimes called Angola Railway) is a single-track Cape gauge railway line from the Angolan capital of Luanda to Malanje. A branch line departs the railway at Zenza do Itombe for Dondo. The line is operated by the state ow ...
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Utilities
In a 1974 article American political scientist Gerald J. Bender wrote: "Another account of the sale of water to Africans can be found in the Luandan newspaper, ''ProvĂncia de Angola''. The article reported that water is sold in the slum of Cazenga at an average price of 2.5
escudos (about ten American cents) for five gallons. (The legal minimum daily wage for the district of Luanda in July 1974 was 25 escudos - about one American dollar-per day.)
[''A ProvĂncia de Angola'']
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Railway stations in Angola
References
Municipalities in Luanda
Populated places in Luanda Province
Slums in Africa
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