Calueque
| Calueque | |||
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| Coordinates | 17 ° 17 ′ S , 14 ° 32 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Angola | ||
| Cunene | |||
| Munizip | Xangongo | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | AO-CNN | ||
| local community | Naulila calueque | ||
| Residents | 425 (2014) | ||
Calueque is a town in southwest Angola. It is located about 12 km from the border with Namibia .
history
Calueque gained importance during the civil war primarily due to its location on the Cunene River and the dam that existed there . Here, water is pumped out and fed through a pipeline into the Calueque – Oshakati Canal in the arid north of Namibia to Oshakati . The dam was held by South African military units during the civil war and was repeatedly the target of the Angolan government troops and the Cuban armed forces supporting them. On June 27, 1988, Cuban warplanes attacked the dam, killing 12 South African soldiers. The dam was badly damaged and remained so for many years after the end of the civil war in 2002. Once the reconstruction work is complete, the hydropower plant is scheduled to start operating again in 2015.
administration
Calueque is located in the municipality (Comuna) Naulila , district ( Município ) of Ombadja , province of Cunene . The population of Calueques was given at the beginning of 2014 as 425.
Economy and Transport
The road connections to Xangongo and Ondjiva have been very bad for a very long time, and reconstruction and new construction have not yet been completed (as of January 2014). Therefore, the economy is still strongly oriented towards Namibia and still little towards Angola. In 2004, the common currency in calueque was not the Angolan currency Kwanza , but the Namibian dollar.
During his visit to Calueque in January 2014, the State Secretary for Construction, Ilídio Martins, emphasized the importance of the road through the town to the Angolan-Namibian border near Santa Clara . Together with the targeted special economic zone Zona Económica Especial (ZEE), the road connection, which will be completed shortly, is intended to facilitate trade with Namibia and thus stimulate the exchange between Angola and Namibia and, as a result, the regional economy.
In addition, agriculture and river fishing continue to be important to the local economy.
Web links
- Report by a soldier of the South African Defense Force on the bombing of the Caleque Dam ( Memento from January 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )