Menongue
Menongue
Serpa Pinto | |
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Municipality and town | |
  Menongue Location in Angola | |
| Coordinates: 14°39′20″S 17°41′03″E / 14.65556°S 17.68417°E | |
| Country |  Angola |
| Province | Cuando Cubango Province |
| Area | |
• Municipality and town | 23,500 km2 (9,100 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,354 m (4,442 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
• Municipality and town | 320,914 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (35/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 251,178 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Climate | Cwa |
Menongue, formerly Serpa Pinto, is a town, a municipality, and the capital of Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 320,914 in 2014.[1] It is one of the four municipalities in Angola whose inhabitants are predominantly Mbunda.
Menongue is the current terminus of the Moçâmedes Railway, from Moçâmedes,[3] and also home of the small Menongue Airport.
History
[edit]During the colonial period, the town was called Serpa Pinto, in honour of the namesake Portuguese explorer.
Sports
[edit]FC Cuando Cubango, promoted to the 2018 Girabola, the top flight of Angolan soccer, play in Menongue.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Cuando Cubango" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Angola
- ^ "Menongue". Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
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