Cuanhama, also known as Kwanhama, is a municipality in

Cunene Province Cunene is a province of Angola. It has an area of 87,342 km2 and a population of 990,087 in 2014. Ondjiva is the capital of the province; it was previously known as Vila Pereira d’Eça. Ondjiva is the only city in this province with the ...

, Angola. Cuanhama occupies 20,255 square kilometers and has 374,529 inhabitants . It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Cuvelai, east by the municipality of

Menongue Menongue, formerly Serpa Pinto, is a Municipalities of Angola, municipality and the Capital city, capital of Cubango Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 320,914 in 2014. It is one of the four municipalities in Angola whose inh ...

, the south by the municipality of Namacunde, and west by the municipality of

Ombadja Ombadja (known as Santa Clara until 1975) is municipality in Cunene Province, Angola. Its seat is the village of Xangongo (known in colonial times as Roçadas). It occupies 12,264 square kilometers and has about 304,964 inhabitants . It is border ...

Ondjiva Ondjiva, formerly Vila Pereira d'Eça, is a town, with a population of 121,537 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Cuanhama, province of Cunene, Angola. It is also the administrative capital of Cunene Province and is located at the ext ...

, the administrative capital of

, is located in Cuanhama. Other communes in Cuanhama include Môngua,

Evale Evale is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Cunene. See also * Communes of Angola The Communes of Angola () are administrative units in Angola after municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola are divided into ...

, Nehone and Tchimporo-Yonde.

Demographics

The municipality of Cuanhama recorded high population growth in recent years and is currently the most populous in the whole province of Cunene.RODRIGUES, C.U. (2007) Economia Global e Gestão, 12(3): 57-70

References

{{reflist Municipalities of Angola Populated places in Cunene Province