Menongue Explained

Menongue
Other Name:Serpa Pinto
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:Cuando Cubango Province
Area Total Km2:23500
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:320914
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban Footnotes:[2]
Population Urban:251178
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+1
Coordinates:-14.6556°N 17.6842°W
Elevation M:1354
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cwa

Menongue, formerly Serpa Pinto, is a town, a municipality, and the capital of Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 320,914 in 2014.[3] It is one of the four municipalities in Angola whose inhabitants are predominantly Mbunda.

Menongue is the current terminus of the Moçâmedes Railway, from Moçâmedes,[4] and also home of the small Menongue Airport.

History

During the colonial period, the town was called Serpa Pinto, in honour of the namesake Portuguese explorer.

Sports

FC Cuando Cubango, promoted to the 2018 Girabola, the top flight of Angolan soccer, play in Menongue.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Cuando Cubango . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. dmy .
  2. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/cities/ Citypopulation.de
  3. Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Cuando Cubango . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. dmy .
  4. Web site: Menongue. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.. 25 April 2012.