Humpata Explained

Humpata
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:	Huíla
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Population As Of:	2014 Census
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	89144
Population Blank1 Title:	Ethnicities
Utc Offset:	+1
Coordinates:	-15°N 33°W
Blank Name:	Climate
Blank Info:	Cwb

Humpata is a town and municipality in the province of Huíla, Angola.^[2] The municipality had a population of 89,144 in 2014.^[3]

Humpata was the primary destination of the Trekboers on the Dorsland Trek in the 1870s. These Afrikaners formed the majority population in the area for some time, before leaving to South West Africa after World War I, though some stayed until 1975, on the onset of the Angolan Civil War.^{[4] [5]}

See also

• Voortrekkers
• Dorsland Trek
• History of Angola
• Trekboers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província da Huíla . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola . dmy .
2. Web site: City councils of Angola. Statoids. April 9, 2009.
3. Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província da Huíla . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola . dmy .
4. Web site: Joubert . Bruce . An historical perspective on animal power use in South Africa . Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725022709/http://www.atnesa.org/sanat/Joubert-95-HistoryanimalpowerSouthAfrica.pdf . 2011-07-25 .
5. http://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/4032/1/W_G_Clarence-Smith_-_The_thirstland_trekkers_in_Angola_-_Some_reflections_on_a_frontier_society.pdf G. Clarence-Smith: The thirstland trekkers in Angola – Some reflections on a frontier society.