Calai
Calai is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango Province in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina .... The municipality has an area of 7,900 km and a population of 22,654 (2014). It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Nancova, to the east by the municipalities of Mavinga and Dirico, to the south by the Republic of Namibia, and to the west by the municipality of Cuangar. The municipality is constituted by the communes of Calai, Maué and Mavengue. References Populated places in Cuando Cubango Province Municipalities of Angola {{Angola-geo-stub ...
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Cuando Cubango Province
Cuando Cubango (Umbundu: Kwando Kubango Volupale) is a province of Angola and it has an area of 199,049km2 and a population of 534,002 in 2014. Menongue is the capital of the province. The governor of the province is José Martins, who was appointed governor in November 2021. The name of the province derives from that of the Cuando and Cubango rivers, which flow through the eastern and western edges of the province, respectively. History Throughout much of the 1980s and 1990s, Cuando Cubango served as the location for the primary base camp of Angola's UNITA rebel movement, led by Jonas Savimbi. The rebel movement received support from the United States as part of the Cold War conflict against Angola's Marxist government, which was supported by the Soviet Union, Cuba and other communist states. Savimbi and UNITA maintained a large and clandestine base camp in the Cubando Cubango town of Jamba. The camp was protected by anti-aircraft weapons and included an air strip, which ...
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