Cazombo 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' ...

with a population of 34,000 (2014), and the capital of

Moxico Leste Province Moxico Leste is a province of Angola. It was created on 5 September 2024 from the eastern part of Moxico Province. Its capital is Cazombo. Geography and climate Moxico Leste borders the Angolan provinces of Lunda Sul to the northwest and Moxico ...

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 ...

since the province's establishment in 2024. Previously it was the seat of the municipality of

Alto Zambeze Alto Zambeze is a municipality in the Moxico province of Angola. It is situated near the Zambian border, with a population of 110,900 (2014 census)

. Cazombo is on the east bank of the

Zambezi River The Zambezi (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its drainage basin covers , slightly less than half of t ...

. It is subdivided into the

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of Cazombo and Lumbala Caquengue.

Transport

Cazombo is served by

Cazombo Airport Cazombo Airport is an airport serving the city of Cazombo, in the Moxico Leste Province of Angola. It has its IATA Code as CAV, and ICAO Code as FNCZ. The Cazombo non-directional beacon (Ident: CZ) is on the field. See also * * * List of ai ...

located on the eastern outskirts of the town.

References

{{Municipalities of Angola Municipalities of Angola Populated places in Moxico Leste Province Provincial capitals in Angola