Business in Huambo, Caála, Angola
Foreign Trade in Huambo: the richest agricultural province of Angola
Huambo is the second
Angolan
city (Central Africa)
after Luanda
- Population of Huambo: 1.3 million inhabitants (huambenses)
Angolan Province: Huambo
- Capital: Huambo
- Population of the Huambo Province: 1.9 million inhabitants
- Area of the Huambo Province: 34,270 km² (one of the
smallest Angolan provinces)
- Huambo is the richest agricultural province of Angola
- 22%
of the Angolan cereal production
- 76% of the economic activity of the Huambo Province
- The main agricultural products are
corn, millet, beans, cassava,
sweet potato and potatoes
- The main mineral resources of the Huambo Province are manganese, diamonds,
tungsten, iron, gold, silver, copper and uranium
- The number of mines and unexploded ordnance in the province is unknown. On
average, eight mine accidents are reported per month.
- The eleven municipalities of the Huambo Province are Huambo, Bailundo, Ekunha, Caála,
Catchiungo (formerly Bela Vista), Londuimbale, Longonjo, Mungo,
Tchicala-Tcholoanga (formerly Vila Nova), Tchindjenje and Ucuma (formerly Cuma).
- Neighbouring provinces: Kuanza Sul, Bie,
Benguela and Huila
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- Municipality: Huambo
- Contiguous municipalities: Bailundo, Tchicala-Tcholoanga, Chipindo,
Caála (239,000 people) and Ekunha
- Communes of Huambo:: Chipipa, Huambo and Kalima
- Huambo is on a plateau at more than 1,774 meters above sea level,
near the sources of the Kunene River
- Climate of Huambo: tropical
- The largest ethnic group in Huambo are Bantu
- The main language in Huambo is Portuguese
- The main religion in Huambo is Christianity
- Archdiocese of Huambo
- 1912: foundation of Nueva Lisboa (Huambo)
- Construction of the Benguela Railway line, designed to transport the
mineral from the rich Katanga region to the Atlantic coast
Kingdoms Ovimbundu (History of Angola)
- 1928 - 1975: Nova Lisboa
Transport and Logistics in Huambo - Angola
- Huambo is the centre of the Benguela Railway (BFC), which connects the
Port of Lobito with the southernmost province of the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Katanga.
- Access to Kuito
- Albano Machado Airport (formerly New Lisbon Airport).
Distances from Huambo to:
- Luanda: 600 kilometres
- Benguela: 200 kilometres
Cabinda, Lubango
Higher Education in Huambo (Angola)
- University José Eduardo dos Santos (Huambo)
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