Quela 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' ...

Malanje Province Malanje is a Provinces of Angola, province of Angola. It has an area of 97,602 km2 and a 2014 census population of 986,363. Malanje is the provincial capital. Geography The Malanje Province is located in the north of Angola, the provincial ...

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 has 20,949 inhabitants in 2014. It is bounded to the north by the municipalities of

Caombo Caombo or Cahombo is a town and municipality in Malanje 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 wo ...

and

Kunda-dia-Base Cunda-Dia-Baze is a town and municipality in Malanje 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 ...

, to the east by the municipality of Xá-Muteba, to the south by the municipality of

Cambundi-Catembo Cambundi-Catembo (pre-1975: ''Nova Gaia'') is a town and municipality, with a population of 46,312 (2014 census), in Malanje Province in Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central co ...

, and to the west by the municipalities of Mucari and Cuaba Nzogo. Most of the population are farmers. It comprises the four

communes A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

of Quela, Missão dos Bangalas, Xandele, and Moma. The commune of Quela has a population of about 32,000.

References

Populated places in Malanje Province Municipalities of Angola {{Angola-geo-stub