Shangalala | |
Settlement Type: | village |
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: | Cunene Province |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | -16.8125°N 14.9097°W |
Elevation M: | 1130 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Climate |
Blank Info Sec1: | Cwa |
Shangalala is a mission station of the Finnish Missionary Society on the Kunene River in Ombadja tribal area in southern Angola, less than 10 km south-west of Xangongo.
Shangalala was established ca. 1973. The mission has a church and a hospital.
The headquarters of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Angola was formerly located in Shangalala and then moved to Lubango. The bishop of the church, Right Rev. Tomás Ndawanapo Nande is from the Shangalala area.