Bembe, Angola Explained

Bembe
Settlement Type:	Municipality and town
Pushpin Map:	Angola
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Pushpin Mapsize:	300
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Angola
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Angola
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Uíge Province
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Area Total Km2:	5655
Population As Of:	2014 Census
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	32955
Population Density Km2:	auto
Population Blank1 Title:	Ethnicities
Utc Offset:	+1
Coordinates:	-7.1°N 41°W

Bembe is a town and municipality in Uíge Province in Angola.^[2] The municipality had a population of 32,955 in 2014.^[3]

In the mid-19th century Bembe was a center of mining by the Portuguese colonial government and one of the points of contract with the rulers of the Kingdom of Kongo.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Uíge . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola . dmy . 5 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201105013421/https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Censo_2014/Publicacao__Uige__14_11_2016.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: City councils of Angola. Statoids. April 9, 2009.
3. Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Uíge . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola . dmy . 5 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201105013421/https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Censo_2014/Publicacao__Uige__14_11_2016.pdf . dead .
4. Joachim John Monteiro . 10.1038/017425d0 . Nature . 1878 . 17 . 439 . 425–426 . 4081986 . free .