Dirico 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' ...

Cuando Province Cuando is a province of Angola. It was created on 5 September 2024 from the eastern part of Cuando Cubango Province. Its capital is Mavinga. Geography and climate Cuando borders the Angolan provinces of Cubango to the west and Moxico to the n ...

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 ...

. The municipality was estimated to have had a population of 19,191 in 2020. The municipality is subdivided into the communes of Dirico and Xamavera. Dirico is served by Dirico Airport. It lies on the

Cuito River The Okavango River (formerly spelt Okovango or Okovanggo), is a river in southwest Africa. It is known by this name in Botswana, and as Cubango in Angola, and Kavango in Namibia. It is the fourth-longest river system in southern Africa, runni ...

near its confluence with the Cubango River.

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Populated places in Cuando Province Municipalities of Angola {{Angola-geo-stub