Quirima (or Kirima) is a town and

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' ...

in the

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Malanje Malanje is the capital city of Malanje Province in Angola, with a population of 455,000 (2014 census), and a municipality, with a population of 506,847 (2014 census). Projected to be the thirteenth fastest growing city on the African continent be ...

(Malange) in

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 ...

. It covers an

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of and its

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as of 2014 is 21,134 inhabitants.

Geography

Quirima is bordered to the north by the municipality of

Cambundi-Catembo Cambundi-Catembo (pre-1975: ''Nova Gaia'') is a town and municipality, with a population of 46,312 (2014 census), in Malanje Province in Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central co ...

, to the east by the municipality of Cacolo, to the south by the municipality of Cuemba, and to the west by the municipality of

Luquembo Luquembo is a town and Municipalities of Angola, municipality in Malanje Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 54,880 in 2014. References

Populated places in Malanje Province Municipalities of Angola {{Angola-geo-st ...

. The municipality contains the ''comunas'' (

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) of Quirima and Sauter.

References

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