Quando Cubano [2] ( port. Cuando-Cubango ) - province [3] in Angola . The area of the province is 199 049 km² [4] . The administrative center is the city of Menongue . The province got its name on the rivers Kwando and Kubango , flowing respectively in its eastern and western parts.
| Provinces | |
| Kwando Cubango | |
|---|---|
| port. Cuando-Cubango | |
| A country |  Angola |
| Includes | 9 municipalities |
| Adm Centre | Menonge |
| Governor | Pedro Mutindi |
| History and geography | |
| Square | 199,049 km² (2nd place ) |
| Timezone | UTC +1 |
| Population | |
| Population | 510 369 [1] people ( 2014 ) ( 15th place ) |
| Density | 2.56 p / km² (18th place) |
| Official language | Portuguese |
| Digital identifiers | |
| ISO 3166-2 code | AO-CCU |
| FIPS Index | AO04 |
| Official site | |
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Content
Geography
The province of Cuando Cubango is located in the extreme south-east of Angola. In the north and northeast of it is the province of Moxico , in the west - the province of Huila and Cunene , in the north-west of the province of Bie . In the south, Kando-Cubango is the state border of Angola with Namibia , in the east - the state border of Angola and Zambia .
History
During the civil war in Angola, the province of Kwando Cubango was the base of support for the UNITA anti-government forces . The city of Jamba was the military capital of Jonas Savimbi .
Population
As of 2014, the population of the province was 510,369 people [1] .
Dynamics of the population of the province by year:
| 1995 | 2004 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 137,000 | 177,000 | 236,985 | 510 369 |
Administrative division
- Calai
- Cuangar
- Cuchi
- Quito- Kvanavale (Cuito Cuanavale)
- Dirico (Dirico)
- Mawinga
- Menongue
- Nancova
- Rivungo (Rivungo)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Statistics on the website geohive.com (English) . Archived September 30, 2016.
- ↑ Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe // World Atlas / comp. and prepare. to ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; Ch. ed. G. V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - p. 154-155. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ Index of geographical names // World Atlas / comp. and prepare. to ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; Ch. ed. G. V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - p. 220. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ Cuando-Cubango (English) (inaccessible link) . World Gazetteer. The appeal date is February 8, 2013. Archived February 12, 2013.
Links
- Official website of the province (Not available link) . Archived on December 3, 2014. (port.)