Cacuaco

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Cacuaco
Cacuaco (Angola)
Cacuaco
Cacuaco
Coordinates 8 ° 47 ′  S , 13 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 8 ° 47 ′  S , 13 ° 22 ′  E
Basic data
Country Angola

province

Luanda
Município Cacuaco
ISO 3166-2 AO-LUA
Comuna Cacuaco
height 20 m
surface 571 km²
Residents 1,070,147 (2014)
density 1,874.2  Ew. / km²
founding June 21, 1940Template: Infobox location / maintenance / date
Shipwreck at Praia de Santiago from Cacuaco
Shipwreck at Praia de Santiago from Cacuaco

Cacuaco is a city and a município (administrative district) in the metropolitan area of ​​the Angolan capital Luanda . It mainly consists of hut settlements, the so-called musseques . The largest poor district with around 180,000 inhabitants is called Paraíso (German: paradise ). Cacuaco is known for its religious festival in honor of the city patron São João Baptista, where a procession to the sea has been held every June since 1948. Cacuaco, which was still a small fishing village in 1936, is popular with the residents of the capital because of its white sandy beaches. Concerts with thousands of spectators are also held there. Feira da Beringela , a fair for agricultural products and livestock, takes place in the village every week . The Município houses the largest grain mill in Angola, the Moagem do Kikolo , which was modernized in 2018 , as well as the largest cement factory in the country, Nova Cimangola . The Rio Bengo flows through the city in a southerly direction.

The place was in the global public eye in 2005 when the UN discovered cases of the Marburg virus there and made it public.

traffic

The Município is crossed by the EN100 motorway . The city is connected to Luanda by several public bus lines as well as a public catamaran line.

administration

Cacuaco is the seat of a district of the same name ( Município ) in the province of Luanda . It has an area of ​​571 square kilometers and a population of 1,070,147 (2014 census).

In the north the district borders on the Atlantic Ocean with the Bay of Bengo, in the south on Viana and Sambizanga , in the east on Dande in the province of Bengo .

The district of Cacuaco consists of the municipality (Comuna) Funda and the urban districts (Distritos Urbanos):

  • Cacuaco
  • Kikolo (also Kicolo)
  • Mulenvos Baixos
  • Sequele

crime

Cacuaco is one of the highest crime circles in the greater Luanda area. Gangs consisting of 15 heavily armed men roam the neighborhoods on foot and rob passers-by, at night they come with motorized three-wheelers and break into the huts. A particular target are families with a member of the National Police. After the city administration installed street lighting at night in a neighborhood, the lamps were stolen by the delinquents. These are mostly young men from the neighborhood who are protected by their family members. Robbery victims who report charges are threatened. The police do not have enough resources to maintain public order. The raids are particularly common on Fridays and at the end of the month, when the workers are on their way home with their wages. With Viana , Cacuaco is also one of the circles where prostitution with minors is most common.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urban Poverty in Luanda cmi.no , April 2018, accessed on June 19, 2019.
  2. ↑ Cacuaco redeangola.info , April 21, 2016, accessed on May 16, 2019.
  3. ↑ Vila de Cacuaco: A Pesca, o Turismo, os Ritos viajar.sapo.ao , July 3, 2014, accessed on September 29, 2019
  4. ↑ Praia de Cacuaco regista milhares de fãs no show de NGA e Prodígio pela Sambi Eventos platinaline.com , June 3, 2019, accessed on September 29, 2019
  5. ↑ Cacuaco vende produção jornaldeangola , November 29, 2016, accessed on May 16, 2019.
  6. ↑ Moagem Kikolo Luanda kikolomoagem.com , accessed July 19, 2019
  7. ↑ Marburg virus transmission in Cacuaco (English)
  8. ↑ Com uma frota de aproximadamente 400 ônibus urbanos, Luanda, capital de Angola, enfrenta desafios na mobilidade mobilitas.lat , September 24, 2018, accessed on May 16, 2019.
  9. ↑ Luanda é mais populosa de Angola mas tem apenas 67 homens por cada 100 mulheres observador.pt , September 22, 2016, accessed on May 16, 2019.
  10. ↑ A nova divisão político-administrativa da província de Luanda evandroamaral.blogs.sapo.ao , February 11, 2018, accessed on September 18, 2019
  11. ↑ Criminalidade atormenta moradores do bairro da Cerâmica em Cacuaco novojornal.co.ao , July 29, 2019, accessed on September 29, 2019
  12. ↑ Criminalidade em Cacuaco jornaldeangola.sapo.ao , August 3, 2014, accessed on September 29, 2019
  13. ↑ Cacuaco e viana registam maior índice de exploração sexual de menores plataformamedia.com , April 2, 2019, accessed on September 29, 2019