Ombadja | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Angola |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Angola |
Coordinates: | -16.7911°N 14.935°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Angola |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Cunene |
Area Total Km2: | 12264 |
Population Total: | 304964 |
Population As Of: | 2014 Census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Ombadja (known as Santa Clara until 1975) is municipality in Cunene Province, Angola. Its seat is the village of Xangongo (known in colonial times as Roçadas). It occupies 12,264 square kilometers and has about 304,964 inhabitants .[2] It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Matala, in the east by the municipalities of Cuvelai, Namacunde, Cuanhama, west by the municipalities of Curoca and Cahama. It contains the communes of Xangongo, Ombala-Yo-Mungo, Naulila, Humbe and Mucope.