Quela | |
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: | Malanje Province |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Land Km2: | 5830 |
Population As Of: | 2014 Census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 20949 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | -9.3833°N 20°W |
Quela is a town and municipality in Malanje Province in Angola.[2] The municipality has 20,949 inhabitants in 2014.[1] It is bounded to the north by the municipalities of Caombo and Kunda-dia-Base, to the east by the municipality of Xá-Muteba, to the south by the municipality of Cambundi-Catembo, and to the west by the municipalities of Mucari and Cuaba Nzogo. Most of the population are farmers. It comprises the four communes of Quela, Missão dos Bangalas, Xandele, and Moma. The commune of Quela has a population of about 32,000.[3]