Lucapa is a town, with a population of 110,000 (2014 census)Citypopulation.de
Population of the major cities in Angola and a municipality with a population of 154,305 (2014 census), located in eastern

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. Lucapa is the former capital of

Lunda Norte Province Lunda Norte ( en, North Lunda) is a province of Angola. It has an area of 103,760 km² and a population of 862,566. Angola's first President, Agostino Neto, made Lucapa the provincial capital after independence, but the capital was later mov ...

. Until the 2014 census its population was difficult to estimate as it has changed greatly over the last 15 years due to internal displacement caused by

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and the subsequent resettlement. The primary industry in the town is

mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic via ...

and several thousand residents are employed by the co-operative mining group formed by SML and

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. There is also a third company that has a small share in the mining operation. The third company consists primarily of retired and current senior military officers, indicating the influence that they still have within the Angolan government, and the extent to which the government has to go to ensure stability within the armed forces.

References

Populated places in Lunda Norte Province Municipalities of Angola Provincial capitals in Angola {{Angola-geo-stub