Lucapa Explained

Lucapa
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Pushpin Map:Angola
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Angola
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Angola
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Lunda Norte Province
Area Total Km2:19300
Population As Of:mid 2019
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:179020
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+1
Coordinates:-8.4228°N 20.7392°W
Elevation M:880
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Aw

Lucapa is a town, with a population of 110,000 (2014 census)[2] and a municipality with a population of 154,305 (2014 census), located in eastern Angola. Lucapa is the former capital of Lunda Norte Province.

Until the 2014 census its population was difficult to estimate as it has changed greatly over the last 15 years due to internal displacement caused by civil war and the subsequent resettlement.

Economy

The primary industry in the town is mining and several thousand residents are employed by the co-operative mining group formed by SML and ITM Mining.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  2. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/cities/ Citypopulation.de