Place:Menongue
Menongue, formerly Serpa Pinto, is a municipality and the capital of Cubango Province in Angola.[1] The municipality had a population of 320,914 in 2014.[2] 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
During the colonial period, the town was called Serpa Pinto, in honour of the namesake Portuguese explorer.
Menongue was formerly the capital of Cuando Cubango Province,[4] until it was divided into the provinces of Cuando and Cubango in 2024.[5][6]
Sports
FC Cuando Cubango, promoted to the 2018 Girabola, the top flight of Angolan soccer, play in Menongue.
See also
- Mbunda language
- Mbunda people
- Mbunda Kingdom
References
- ↑ "Lei n.° 14/24 de 5 de Setembro". Diário da República (Government of Angola) (171): pp. 9800–10505. 5 September 2024. https://mpla.ao/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Lei14.24de5deSetembro.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ↑ "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Cuando Cubango". https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Censo_2014/Publicacao_Cuando_Cubango_DID_FINAL_12_12_0216.pdf.
- ↑ "Menongue". Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/375203/Menongue.
- ↑ Law, Gwillim (6 October 2016). "Provinces of Angola". https://statoids.com/uao.html. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ↑ Manuel, Victor (25 December 2024). "Angola: Novo ano novo mapa" (in pt). ANGOP. https://angop.ao/noticias/grandes-reportagens/angola-novo-ano-novo-mapa/.
- ↑ Guerra, Adolfo (30 December 2024). "Cuando e Cubango: Divisão sem mobilidade será um fracasso" (in pt). Deutsche Welle. https://www.dw.com/pt-002/cuando-e-cubango-divis%C3%A3o-sem-mobilidade-ser%C3%A1-um-fracasso/a-71185343. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
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