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Quiçama
Quiçama (Portuguese spelling), Quissama or Kisama (Bantu spelling) is a municipality in the province of Icolo e Bengo in Angola. Prior to the creation of Icolo e Bengo in 2024, it had been one of the nine municipalities that made up the province of Luanda. It covers an area of and its population as of 2014 is 26,546. The municipal seat is the village of Muxima. Quiçama is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Viana and Icolo e Bengo, to the east by the municipalities of Cambambe, Libolo and Quibala, to the south by the municipalities of Quilenda and Porto Amboim, and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the municipality is occupied by the Quiçama National Park (). History In the 1580s Kafuxi ka Mbari was the recognized defender of this area. In the 1580s he and the Portuguese based out of Luanda asserted his authority here. In 1594 Francisco de Almeida with the support of Pedro Alvares Rebello waged warfare to remove Kafuxi ka Mbari from power. Kafu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiçama National Park
Quiçama National Park, also known as Kissama National Park ( Portuguese: Parque Nacional do Quiçama or Parque Nacional da Quissama), is a national park in northwestern Angola. It is the only functioning national park in all of Angola, with the others being in disrepair due to the Angolan Civil War. The park is approximately 70 km from Luanda, the Angolan capital. The park covers 3 million acres (12,000 km²), more than twice the size of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The Portuguese name ''Quiçama'' is spelled in English and other languages as ''Kissama, Kisama'' or ''Quicama''. The spelling ''Kissama'' in English is the closest to the Portuguese phonetic. Geography The park is bordered on the west by 120 km of the Atlantic Ocean's coast. The Cuanza River forms the northern boundary, while the Longa River constitutes the southern border. History What is now Quiçama National Park was formed as a game reserve in 1938. In January 1957, it was proclaimed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luanda Province
Luanda is a province of Angola. It used to cover an area of 18,835 km2, and had a population of 6,945,386 at the Census of 16 May 2014. The city of Luanda is the capital of the province and Angola. It serves as the country's primary port, cultural and urban centre and occupies 44.8 square miles. History The original prewar Luanda Province grew in size during the 20th century due to the urbanization of Angola. It was divided into the provinces of Luanda and Bengo in 1980. The new reform of 2011 moved the municipalities Icolo e Bengo and Quiçama from Bengo to Luanda Province, so as the province has 3 neighboring ones instead of being surrounded by Bengo. This administrative reform significantly increased the land area of Luanda Province. It formerly had an area of and a reported population of 6,542,942 in 2014, before accounting for reorganizationhttp://citypopulation.de/php/angola-admin.php via Instituto Nacional de Estatístiica, República de Angola (web) In 2024, the prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icolo E Bengo Province
Icolo e Bengo is a province of Angola. It was created on 5 September 2024 from Luanda Province. Its capital is Catete. Geography and climate Icolo e Bengo borders the Angolan provinces of Luanda to the northwest, Bengo to the north, Cuanza Norte to the east, and Cuanza Sul to the south. It also borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The boundary between Icolo e Bengo and Luanda follows the Cuanza River, the Kikuxi Canal, and the and highways. Icolo e Bengo is located on the floodplains of the Bengo, Cuanza and Longa rivers. The province is located in the Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands ecoregion, and it contains Quiçama National Park. Icolo e Bengo experiences a tropical climate with summer rain. The interaction between the cold Benguela Current and warm equatorial waters produces mist, causing humidity in the area to stay high year-round while annual rainfall is low, ranging from . History On 14 August 2024, Angola's National Assembly approved a law to create ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quixinge
Quixinge is a commune in the municipality of Quiçama, Icolo e Bengo Province, Angola. Transport It is served by an extension of a branch railway of the northern railway. See also * Railway stations in Angola Railway stations in Angola include: Towns served by rail North line (Luanda Railway) (CFL) (Also known as '' Luanda Railway'') (originally 1000 mm gauge, now 1067 mm gauge) * Luanda – port – national capital; junction ** Bung ... References Communes of Angola Populated places in Icolo e Bengo Province Quiçama {{Angola-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbondo
Mumbondo is a town and commune in the municipality of Quiçama, Icolo e Bengo Province Icolo e Bengo is a province of Angola. It was created on 5 September 2024 from Luanda Province. Its capital is Catete. Geography and climate Icolo e Bengo borders the Angolan provinces of Luanda to the northwest, Bengo to the north, Cuanza Nor ..., Angola. References Communes of Angola Populated places in Icolo e Bengo Province Quiçama {{Angola-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muxima
Muxima is a town and commune in the municipality of Quiçama, Icolo e Bengo Province, Angola. The village, located by Kwanza river, was occupied in 1589 by the Portuguese who erected a church and a fortress in 1599. Muxima means "heart" in Kimbundu. It is the site of a Marian shrine. The town is the home of the 16th century Portuguese Fortress of Muxima. Church The church ''Nossa Senhora da Conceição'', more well known as '' Nossa Senhora da Muxima'', was first established in colonial Portuguese Angola In southwestern Africa, Portuguese Angola was a historical Evolution of the Portuguese Empire, colony of the Portuguese Empire (1575–1951), the overseas province Portuguese West Africa of Estado Novo (Portugal), Estado Novo Portugal (1951–1 ... in 1599. It is a popular pilgrimage destination in Angola, that can receive more than 1 million pilgrims annually. It became a popular pilgrimage site after a suspected Marian apparition in 1833. During a holy mass in Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demba Chio
Demba Chio is a commune in the municipality of Quiçama, Icolo e Bengo Province Icolo e Bengo is a province of Angola. It was created on 5 September 2024 from Luanda Province. Its capital is Catete. Geography and climate Icolo e Bengo borders the Angolan provinces of Luanda to the northwest, Bengo to the north, Cuanza Nor ..., Angola. References Communes of Angola Populated places in Icolo e Bengo Province Quiçama {{Angola-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabo Ledo
Cabo Ledo is a Municipalities of Angola, municipality in the province of Icolo e Bengo Province, Icolo e Bengo in Angola. Prior to the creation of Icolo e Bengo Province in 2024, it had been a Communes of Angola, commune in the municipality of Quicama in Luanda Province. References Municipalities of Angola Populated places in Icolo e Bengo Province Quiçama {{Angola-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Angola
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, 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 governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special district (United States), special-purpose district. The English language, English word is derived from French language, French , which in turn derives from the Latin language, Latin , based on the word for social contract (), referring originally to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction (area), jurisdiction, from a sovereign state s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for separating the New World of the Americas (North America and South America) from the Old World of Afro-Eurasia (Africa, Asia, and Europe). Through its separation of Afro-Eurasia from the Americas, the Atlantic Ocean has played a central role in the development of human society, globalization, and the histories of many nations. While the Norse colonization of North America, Norse were the first known humans to cross the Atlantic, it was the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 that proved to be the most consequential. Columbus's expedition ushered in an Age of Discovery, age of exploration and colonization of the Americas by European powers, most notably Portuguese Empire, Portugal, Spanish Empire, Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Angola ...
The Cabinet of Angola is the chief executive body of the Republic of Angola. References External links governo.gov.ao (in Portuguese) {{Authority control Cabinet Angolan ministers Ministers Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
