Quiçama Explained

Quiçama
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:166
Pushpin Map:Angola
Pushpin Label:Quiçama
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Angola
Coordinates:-9.5167°N 71°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Angola
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Luanda Province
Area Total Km2:13900
Population Total:26546
Population As Of:2014 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:3.37
Utc Offset:+1

Quiçama (Portuguese spelling), Quissama or Kisama (Bantu spelling) is one of the nine municípios (city council[2] [3] or municipality) that make up the province of Luanda, as per the new administrative division of the province (the others being, Luanda, Belas, Cazenga, Cacuaco, Viana and Icolo e Bengo).It covers an area of and its population as of 2014 is 26,546.[4] The municipal seat is the village of Muxima.

Quiçama is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Viana and Icolo e Bengo, to the east by the municipalities of Cambambe, Libolo and Quibala, to the south by the municipalities of Quilenda and Porto Amboim, and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean.

Part of the municipality is occupied by the Quiçama National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional da Quiçama).

History

In the 1580s Kafuxi ka Mbari was the recognized defender of this area. In the 1580s he and the Portuguese based out of Luanda asserted his authority here. In 1594 Francisco de Almeida with the support of Pedro Alvares Rebello waged warfare to remove Kafuxi ka Mbari from power. Kafuxi ka Mbari defeated the forces under Almeida.[5]

Administrative division

The municipality of Quiçama is made up of five comunas (communes), as follows:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e da Habitação – 2014 Província de Luanda . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. dmy .
  2. Web site: Reference Center: Provinces . Angolan Embassy in the United States . https://web.archive.org/web/20060211115650/http://www.angola.org/referenc/provinces.html . 11 February 2006.
  3. Web site: City councils of Angola . Statoids . 6 Apr 2009.
  4. Web site: Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e da Habitação – 2014 Província de Luanda . 3 May 2020 . Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. dmy .
  5. [John K. Thornton]