Mavinga 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' ...

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 ...

, and the capital of

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 ...

since that province's creation in 2024. It is one of the three municipalities in Angola whose inhabitants are predominantly Mbunda. The municipality had a population of 27,196 in 2014. Previously Mavinga was part of

Cuando Cubango Province Cuando Cubango (Umbundu: Kwando Kubango Volupale) was a former province of Angola. It was divided into the provinces of Cuando and Cubango in 2024. Cuando Cubango had an area of 199,049km2 and a population of 534,002 in 2014. Menongue was the ...

, when it comprised the communes of Mavinga, Cunjamba/Dime,

Cutuile Cutuile is a commune in the municipality of Dima in Cuando Province in southeast Angola. Before the 2024 reform of Angolan administrative divisions, it was a commune in the municipality of Mavinga Mavinga is a municipality in Angola, and the ...

and

Luengue Luengue is a municipality in Cuando Province in southeast Angola. Prior to the 2024 reform of administrative divisions in Angola, it was a commune in the municipality of Mavinga Mavinga is a municipality in Angola, and the capital of Cuando P ...

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