Quilamba Quiaxi, also spelled as Kilamba Kiaxi, is a city and one of nine municipalities that make up the
province of Luanda in Angola.
In the
Kimbundu
Kimbundu, a Bantu language which has sometimes been called Mbundu or North Mbundu (to distinguish it from Umbundu, sometimes called South Mbundu), is the second-most-widely-spoken Bantu language in Angola.
Its speakers are concentrated in the n ...
language the name means ''Land (Kiaxi) of Kilamba''.
According to the population projections of 2018, prepared by the
National Institute of Statistics, it has a population of approximately 750,000 inhabitants and a territorial area of 64.1 km
2.
Geography
It is limited to the west with the urban district of
Maianga
Maianga is one of the six municipalities of the administrative division of the province of Luanda, Angola. In 2011, as part of a restructuring of Luanda's regional government, the municipality was designated as one of Luanda's six urban districts ...
, to the north with the urban district of
Rangel and the municipality of
Cazenga
Cazenga is a city and the most densely populated of the nine municipalities that make up the province of Luanda, Angola. It has a population of 892,401 (2014 census), with an estimated 1,045,722 in 2019, covering an area of 37 km2.
Administrati ...
, to the east the municipality of
Viana and to the south with the municipality of
Talatona
Talatona is a city and municipality in the Luanda Province, province of Luanda, bordering the Angolan capital, Luanda.
It was designed by the Angolan government to reduce traffic in central Luanda; Its infrastructure was built in a location south ...
. It is only the commune, which is subdivided into the urban districts of
Golfe, Golfe II,
Palanca,
Vila Estoril
Vila Estoril is a town in Angola, located in the province of Luanda.
See also
* Communes of Angola
The Communes of Angola () are administrative units in Angola after municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola are divided into commun ...
and
Sapú.
In 2011, due to administrative reform, it was classified as Luanda's urban district, but in 2016 it regained the status of municipality.
References
External links
Angolan subdivisions
Luanda
Municipalities in Luanda
Populated places in Luanda Province
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