The Cuelei River (Kwelei) is a river in central

Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...

of southwestern Africa. For part of its length, it forms the border between

Bié Province Bié is a province of Angola located on the Bié Plateau in central part of country. Its capital is Kuito, which was called Silva Porto until independence from Portugal in 1975. The province has an area of and a population of 1,455,255 in 2014. ...

to the north and

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 appoin ...

to the south. Its major tributary the Cuceque, and its tributary the Missango, also form part of that boundary. The Cuelei arises at in the Anhara-do-Cuelei (Cuelei Salt pan),"anhara" is the name in Angola for the marginal vegetation area on rivers. at an elevation of . It flows basically south for its entire length. The Cuelei flows into the Cuchi which flows into the Cubango.

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* Railway bridge over the Cuelei River about 30 km west of

Menongue Menongue, formerly Serpa Pinto, is a town, a municipality, and the capital of Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 320,914 in 2014. It is one of the four municipalities in Angola whose inhabitants are predominan ...

Rivers of Angola {{Angola-river-stub