Chipindo is a town and

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 64,714 (2014 census), in the province of Huíla,

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. It is situated 450 km North of

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capital.

Geography & Territory

With an extension of 4.038 km2, and a population density of 19 per km2, it is limited with the towns of

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and Tchicala Tcholoanga in

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in the North, with Jamba town in the South, with

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in the East and with

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and

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in the West. Its population is 64,714 at the 2014 census, distributed in two communes, Chipindo Sede and Bambi, that are constituted by seven regedorías, Tchitata, Camoanha, Sangueve, Capembe e Bundjei (Chipindo Sede), Catapua, Bambi sede (Bambi), and a great number of aldeias in each comuna. During the raining season traffic is strongly reduced due to the bad shape of the roads. It has a small landing runway.

Climate

Chipindo has a subtropical highland climate ( Köppen: ''Cwb'') with two differentiated seasons, a

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from October to April and a

dry season The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The te ...

from May to September. Temperatures are somewhat lower during the dry season.

Population

Mother tongue of most of the population is Umbundu, spoken by the majority of Umbundu people, although it exist a part of the population belonging to Gangela people, especially in the West, close to

. The population is in its majority of strong traditional beliefs.

Administration

Since the end of the war, for the first time in 14 years, since March 19, 2002, a local administration was established.

COMUNAS

* CHIPINDO SEDE: town center. Local Administration, police, Catholic church, Health center, School and Hospital (under construction in 2004). Aldea de Mbuandangui: 2 km from Chipindo sede,

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base (as of 2005). Regidurias: Sangueve, Camoanha, Tchitata, Capembe and Bundjei. * BAMBI: South of the town. Health post. Regidurias: Catapua, Bambi sede.

SECTOR

* Bundjei: North of the town. Health center.

References

{{Huíla Province Populated places in Huíla Province Municipalities of Angola