Cambambe | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Angola |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Angola |
Coordinates: | -9.7586°N 14.5122°W |
Population Total: | 90,766 |
Population As Of: | 2014 Census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Angola |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Cuanza Norte |
Timezone: | WAT |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | BSh |
Cambambe is a municipality in Cuanza Norte Province in Angola.[2] [3] It is the site of a hydroelectric dam on the Cuanza River. Cambambe also contains ruins from the 17th-century Portuguese settlement of the area, including the Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosario and the Fortress of Kambambe. The municipality had a population of 90,766 in 2014.[4]