Ganda is a town and
municipality
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' ...
in
Benguela Province in
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 ...
. The municipality had a population of 235,486 in 2014.
History
During the colonial period, the town was called Vila Mariano Machado having been promoted to such category on June 24, 1969.
Transport
Railway
It lies on the central line of
Angolan Railways where there is a junction.
References
Populated places in Benguela Province
Municipalities of Angola
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