Jamba is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
, with a population of 105,090 (2014 census), in the province of
Huíla,
Angola
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Administrative subdivisions
The municipality of Jamba comprises three
communes
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...
as follows
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Jamba, the seat of the municipality
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Cassinga
Cassinga or Kassinga is a town and Communes of Angola, commune in the municipality of Jamba, Huíla, Jamba, province of Huíla Province, Huíla, Angola.
It is situated on an old and important two-track road from Jamba, Huíla, Jamba to Huambo.
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Dongo
Transport
Rail
Jamba is served by the terminus of a short branch railway of the
southern line of the
national railway system.
Air
There is an airport in
Jamba, .
See also
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Jamba, Cuando Cubango
Jamba is a town in Angola, located in the southeastern province of Cuando Cubango, just north of the Namibian border along the Caprivi Strip.
The town is best known as the former military headquarters of UNITA, a rebel movement supported by ...
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Railway stations in Angola
Railway stations in Angola include:
Towns served by rail
North line (Luanda Railway) (CFL)
(Also known as ''Luanda Railway'') (originally 1000 mm gauge, now 1067 mm gauge)
* Luanda – port – national capital; junction
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References
Populated places in Huíla Province
Municipalities of Angola
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