Quilengues, also Kilenjes, is a town and
municipality
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Huíla Province
Huíla is a province of Angola. It has an area of and a population of 2,497,422 (2014 census). Lubango is the capital of the province. Basket-making is a significant industry in the province; many make baskets out of reeds.
History
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Angola
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The municipality had a population of 75,334 in 2014.
Quilengues sits on the western edge of the
Central Highlands, and is bordered to the north by the municipality of
Chongoroi, the east by the municipality of
Caluquembe, the south by the cities of
Lubango and
Cacula
Cacula is a municipality and town in the province of Huíla, Angola. The municipality had a population of 136,977 in 2014.
Cacula was established as a municipality on August 16, 2011, as the latest municipality to be created in the province of H ...
, and to the west by the municipalities of
Bibala and
Camucuio.
The main activities are agriculture, trade and livestock.
Quilengues was colonized by the Portuguese from 1770. It served as a gateway for the slave trade, and expanded the trade to the southeast of Angola on to the
Kunene River. Quilengues became a municipality on July 1, 1870.
References
Populated places in Huíla Province
Municipalities of Angola
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