Quilamba Quiaxi, also spelled as Kilamba Kiaxi, is an city and one of nine municipalities that make up the province of Luanda in Angola. In the

Kimbundu Kimbundu, a Bantu language which has sometimes been called Mbundu or 'North Mbundu' (see Umbundu), is the second-most-widely-spoken Bantu language in Angola. Its speakers are concentrated in the north-west of the country, notably in the Lua ...

language the name means ''Land (Kiaxi) of Kilamba''. According to the population projections of 2018, prepared by the National Institute of Statistics, it has a population of approximately 750 000 inhabitants and a territorial area of 64.1 km².

Geography

It is limited to the west with the urban district of

Maianga Maianga is one of the six municipalities of the administrative division of the province of Luanda, Angola. In 2011, as part of a restructuring of Luanda's regional government, the municipality was designated as one of Luanda's six urban districts ...

, to the north with the urban district of

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and the municipality of

Cazenga Cazenga is an city and the most densely populated of the nine municipalities that make up the province of Luanda, Angola. It has a population of 892,401 (2014 census), with an estimated 1,045,722 in 2019, covering an area of 37 km2. Administrativ ...

, to the east the municipality of Viana and to the south with the municipality of

Talatona Talatona is an city and municipality in the province of Luanda, bordering the Angolan capital, Luanda. It was designed by the Angolan government to reduce traffic in central Luanda; Its infrastructure was built in a location south of Luanda, whi ...

. It is only the commune, which is subdivided into the urban districts of

Golfe Golfe is a Prefecture located in the Maritime Region of Togo. The prefecture's seat is Lomé which is also the administrative capital of the Togolese Republic. Cantons A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cant ...

, Golfe II,

Palanca Palanca may refer to: People *Bernard Palanca (born 1976), Filipino actor *Massimo Palanca (born 1953), Italian footballer *Mico Palanca (1978–2019), Filipino actor *Miguel Palanca (born 1987), Spanish footballer Places * Palanca, Huíla, Ango ...

Vila Estoril Vila Estoril is a town in Angola, located in the province of Luanda. See also * Communes of Angola The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are Administrative division, administrative units in Angola after Municipalities of Angola, municipalit ...

and Sapú. In 2011, due to administrative reform, it was classified as Luanda's urban district, but in 2016 it regained the status of municipality.

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