Longonjo 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 ...
in the province of
Huambo
Huambo, formerly Nova Lisboa (English: ''New Lisbon''), is the third-most populous city in Angola, after the capital city Luanda and Lubango, with a population of 595,304 in the city and a population of 713,134 in the municipality of Huambo (Cens ...
,
Angola
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. The municipality had a population of 92,103 in 2014.
Administrative divisions
The municipality is divided into four subdistricts or ''communes'':
* Longonjo: 60 villages,
*
Catabola: 36 villages,
*
Chilata
Chilata is a commune of Angola, located in the province of Huambo.
See also
* Communes of Angola
The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are administrative units in Angola after municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola are divided in ...
: 57 villages,
*
Lepi: 57 villages
Economy
Like most of Huambo province, the economy of Longonjo municipality is primarily agrarian, both farming and livestock raising; however Pensana's subsidiary Ozango Minerals has plans to open a
rare earth mine there,
in the Longonjo
carbonatite
Carbonatite () is a type of intrusive or extrusive igneous rock defined by mineralogic composition consisting of greater than 50% carbonate minerals. Carbonatites may be confused with marble and may require geochemical verification.
Carbonati ...
intrusion (Mount Chibilundo).
There has been extensive deforestation due to the production of charcoal that supplies Angolan urban areas. This has produced additional pasture for cattle.
References
Populated places in Huambo Province
Municipalities of Angola
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