Kuito

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the lake group in Karelia see Kuito (lakes) .

Kuito
Kuito
Coordinates	12 ° 23 ′  S , 16 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 12 ° 23 ′  S , 16 ° 56 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Angola
province	Bié
Município	Kuito
Comuna	Kuito
surface	4814 km²
Residents	530,000 (2019)
density	110.1  Ew. / km²
politics
mayor	Moisés Américo Capapelo Cachipaco

Kuito (also Cuito ) is a city in central Angola . Until 1975 it was called Silva Porto . Kuito is also the seat of the Catholic diocese of Kwito-Bié . It has around 530,000 inhabitants (as of 2019).

Statue of the Portuguese Africa traveler António Francisco da Silva Porto in Kuito

climate

Kuito
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     214   25th 14th     172   25th 14th     209   25th 15th     113   25th 14th     12   25th 10     0   25th 7th     0   25th 7th     4th   27 10     21st   29 13     91   27 14th     168   25th 14th     262   24 15th Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: climate-data.org

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Kuito Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 24.8 24.7 24.5 25th 25th 24.5 24.9 27.4 29 27.1 24.6 24.3 O 25.5 Min. Temperature (° C) 14.2 14.4 14.6 13.5 10 7.1 7.4 9.6 12.6 14.1 14.3 14.6 O 12.2 Temperature (° C) 19.5 19.5 19.5 19.2 17.5 15.8 16.1 18.5 20.8 20.6 19.4 19.4 O 18.8 Precipitation ( mm ) 214 172 209 113 12 0 0 4th 21st 91 168 262 Σ 1,266 Rainy days ( d ) 31 28 26th 20th 4th 0 0 0 3 14th 25th 30th Σ 181 Humidity ( % ) 87 86 82 80 62 44 39 28 33 49 68 83 O 61.6 Source: climate-data.org

history

The area belonged to the kingdom of Ovimbundu King Viyé, who gave the province of Bié its name. In the 18th century, the Portuguese colonial power penetrated this far, in the course of their phased expansion into the interior of their colony Angola. In 1768 two Portuguese expeditionary troops met on the outskirts of Embala .

The place previously called Embala Belmonte was later named Silva Porto , after the Portuguese traveler António Francisco da Silva Porto (1817–1890) who died here in 1890 . The Benguela Railway reached the area in the early 20th century . Silva Porto was elevated to a city ( Cidade ) in 1925 . In the following decades the city continued to grow. In the years after 1935 a large number of buildings were built, including the town hall and the branch of the central bank of the colony (Banco de Angola), the forerunner of today's Angolan National Bank .

After Angola's independence from Portugal in 1975, the place was renamed Kuito. The Angolan civil war that broke out at the same time raged particularly hard here. Kuito was the scene of heavy fighting between the UNITA rebels and government troops several times from 1993–94 and 1998–99 . The city, which had more than 100,000 inhabitants before the civil war, was largely destroyed.

After the end of the civil war in 2002, reconstruction began, which has led to constant improvements in the infrastructure, especially since 2007.

Improvised school lessons in the war-torn Kuito (2007), before the extensive rebuilding

administration

Kuito is the capital of the province of Bié and also the seat of a district of the same name ( Município ). The district has 176,296 inhabitants (2008) on an area of ​​4814 km².

The following municipalities are in the Kuito district:

• Chicala
• Kambândua
• Kunje
• Kuito
• Trumba

Culture

The Angolan record pressing plant Fadiang ( Fábrica de discos de Angola ) had existed in the place since the late 1960s . The company also ran the Discoteca do Bié record store and record wholesaler in its building . After independence from 1975 to 1990, the building functioned as a printing house. Since then, it has housed the library of the provincial government, which has also hosted and promoted various cultural initiatives here for several years.

Sports

The sports club Sporting do Bié was founded in 1915 as a subsidiary of the Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon . His first soccer team played four isolated seasons in the top professional league Girabola , only to compete in the second division, the Gira Angola , since 2005 . The club's own Estádio dos Eucalíptos holds 16,000 spectators. Other sports include basketball, handball and roller hockey, which are hosted in the club's sports complex on Avenida Sagrada Esperança . The association has also set up its head office there.

The city of Kuito also maintains the Estádio Municipal do Kuito with 9,000 seats.

traffic

Kuito is located on the Benguela Railway, with its train station (Bié) north of the city.

The airport ( Aeroporto de Kuito , IATA code SVP) is mainly used by TAAG Angola Airlines for domestic flights, especially to the capital Luanda.

sons and daughters of the town

• Rodrigo de Matos (* 1975), Portuguese caricaturist and comic artist

Web links

Commons : Kuito  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile of the Municípios of Kuito (port.) On the official website for the 2014 Angola Census

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population statistics ( memento of the original from July 13, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. citypopulation.de , accessed on June 15, 2019. 
2. ↑ Collection of articles on Kuito at www.angolabelazebelo.com, accessed on March 15, 2014
3. ↑ Article on the city anniversary of August 31, 2011 by the state news agency ANGOP , accessed on March 15, 2014
4. ^ Entry of the town hall in the Portuguese monument database SIPA , accessed on March 15, 2014
5. ^ Entry of the bank building in the Portuguese monument database SIPA , accessed on March 15, 2014
6. ↑ Article of December 18, 2011 on www.angolabelezabelo.com, accessed on March 15, 2014