N'dalatando, formerly Vila Salazar, is a town, with a population of 161,584 (2014), and a
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in the municipality of
Cazengo
Cazengo is a town and municipality in Cuanza Norte Province in Angola
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Cuanza Norte
The Cuanza Norte Province ( en, North Cuanza; umb, Konano Kwanza Volupale) is province of Angola. N'dalatando is the capital and the province has an area of 24,110 km² and a population of 443,386. Manuel Pedro Pacavira was born here and ...
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It is also the seat of the
Cazengo
Cazengo is a town and municipality in Cuanza Norte Province in Angola
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municipality
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and the provincial capital.
History
The city is very close to
Kabasa which was the historic center of
Ndongo, the core kingdom that evolved into the Portuguese colony of Angola.
[John K. Tho ett anton. ''A History of West Central Africa to 1850''. Chapter 2]
N'dalatando was named Salazar by the Portuguese colonial authorities in 1936, honoring the Portuguese dictator
Salazar. This was later modified to Vila Salazar. On 28 May 1956, the town was elevated to the status of city (''cidade'' in Portuguese). After gaining independence on 11 November 1975, the Angolan government gave it back the name N'dalatando, effective 18 July 1976. The history of the place is traced back to the 1840s.
Geography
The city is limited in the north by the river
Luinha, and in the east, south and west by the
Lucala River
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Transportation
It is served by a station on the northern railway of
Luanda Railway. The national road No. 230 links N'dalatando to
Luanda
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in the West and
Malanje in the East.
Culture
The city is home to Angola's là-bas sole botanic garden. The garden was founded as part of a Portuguese agricultural research station and contains some impressive specimens of bamboos, rubber trees, podocarps and fruit trees. The garden also contains a large plantation of
tlingera elatior forbs (porcelain roses) for local trade.
References
Populated places in Cuanza Norte Province
Communes in Cuanza Norte Province
Provincial capitals in Angola
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