Cunene is a

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. It has an area of 87,342 km² and a population of 990,087 in 2014. Happy Catch

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 distance from Ondjiva to Luanda is 1424 km and to Lubango is 415 km. The Cunene River gave its name to the province. Namibia 124

Cunene lies north of the

Cunene River The Cunene (Portuguese spelling) or Kunene (common Namibian spelling) is a river in Southern Africa. It flows from the Angola highlands southwards to the border with Namibia. It then flows in a westerly direction along the border until it reaches ...

, which forms the border between Angola and

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

. Cunene is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude. During

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the region was the scene of fighting in 1914–15. The German campaign in Angola resulted in Germany's temporary occupation of the area. The inhabitants of the Province are overwhelmingly Ovambo pastoralists. Since the 1960s, they have been under pressure first from white settlers, and after independence from high-ranking military officers and politicians, who acquired large extensions of land which the Ovambo need for the

transhumance Transhumance is a type of pastoralism or Nomad, nomadism, a seasonal movement of livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. In montane regions (''vertical transhumance''), it implies movement between higher pastures in summer and low ...

of their cattle. The ecological, economic and social disadvantages of

pastoralism Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. The anim ...

over ranching has been known since the 1970s, but has not been sufficiently taken into account in policy making.

Municipalities

The province of Cunene contains six

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(): *

Cahama Cahama is a town, with a population of 12,767 (2014 census), and a municipality of Cunene Province, Angola. The population of the municipality was 70,061 according to the 2014 census in an area of 9,700 km. The municipality consists of the c ...

* Kuroka (Curoca) * Kuvelai (Cuvelai) * Kwanhama (Cuanhama) * Namakunde (Namacunde) * Ombadja

Communes

The province of Cunene contains the following

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(); sorted by their respective municipalities: * Cahama Municipality: –

, Oxinjau (Otchinjau) * Kuroka Municipality: – Chitado, Oncócua * Kuvelai Municipality: – Calonga, Cuvati (Cubati), Mucolongodijo (Mukolongodjo), Mupa (Omunda) * Kwanhama Municipality: – Evale, Môngua, Nehone-Cafima, Ondjiva, Simporo (Tchimporo-Yonde) * Namakunde Municipality: – Melunga- Chiede, Namakunde (Namacunde) * Ombadja Municipality: –

Humbe Humbe is a town and commune in the municipality of Ombadja, province of Cunene, Angola. It also used to be the location of a Roman Catholic mission station in southern Angola, located approx. 10 km northeast of Xangongo, in the tribal area ...

, Mucope, Naulila, Ombala yo Mungu, Xangongo

List of governors of Cunene

In popular culture

In '' Call of Duty: Black Ops II'', the

UNITA The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (, abbr. UNITA) is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought alongside the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the National Liberat ...

under

Jonas Savimbi Jonas Malheiro Sidónio Sakaita Savimbi (; 3 August 1934 – 22 February 2002) was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA). UNITA was on ...

assists

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operatives Alex Mason and Jason Hudson to find the CIA remnants under Woods held by the

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and the Cubans.

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