Catabola Explained
| Catabola |
| 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: | Bié Province |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 2857 |
| Population As Of: | 2014 Census |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 126631 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Urban: | 28831 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Coordinates: | -12.1167°N 35°W |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Cwb |
Catabola is a town and municipality in Bié Province in central Angola.[3] [4] It is located by road northeast of Kuito, on the road to Camacupa. The municipality had a population of 126,631 in 2014.[5]
History
Before 1975 the main town was known as "Nova Sintra".[6] On 20 February 1996, the Forças Armadas de Angola (FAA) attacked a UNITA garrison in Lisusu, about from Catabola.[7] It was captured along with towns such as Andulo, Bailundo, Camapuca and Chiguar during the FAA Christmas Offensive of December 1999.[8] Numerous local government officials and sympathizers of the government were killed during the attack.[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Bié . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola . dmy .
- https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/cities/ Citypopulation.de
- Web site: City councils of Angola. Statoids. April 7, 2009.
- Web site: Angola. Censo 2014. 12 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612185349/http://censo.ine.gov.ao/xportal/xmain?xpid=censo2014&xpgid=provincias&provincias-generic-detail_qry=BOUI=10504841&actualmenu=10504841&actualmenu=8377485. dead.
- Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Bié . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola . dmy .
- Book: Tropical health: a report on a study of needs and resources. 1962. National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Medical Academies. 151. NAP:14018.
- Book: Daily Report. Africa (Sub-Sahara). 1996. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 15.
- Book: James, W. Martin. Historical Dictionary of Angola. 5 May 2011. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-7458-9. 195.
- Book: Vines, Alex. Angola Unravels: The Rise and Fall of the Lusaka Peace Process. 1999. Human Rights Watch. 978-1-56432-233-3. 79.
