Cambambe
| Cambambe | |||
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| Coordinates | 9 ° 45 ′ S , 14 ° 31 ′ E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Angola | ||
| Cuanza Norte | |||
| Município | Cambambe | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | AO-CNO | ||
| surface | 5212 km² | ||
| Residents | 104,400 (2019) | ||
| density | 20 Ew. / km² | ||
| politics | |||
| mayor | Francisco Manuel Diogo | ||
Cambambe is a county in Angola . The current time is West African time (UTC + 1h). It corresponds to the Central European Time.
The Cambambe Dam , which dams the Cuanza to generate electricity, is located in Cambambe County and has also been supplying the Benguela Province with energy since May 2019 .
history
The area was colonized by the Portuguese in 1604 . After the Portuguese Francisco Inocêncio Coutinho opened an iron foundry in Nova Oeira (now the municipality of Massangano ) in 1771 , which is considered the first metal factory in Africa, industrial development began in the heavily agricultural area.
The place Dondo became the seat of its own district ( concelho ) in 1857 and grew in particular due to the influx of residents from Aldeia do Soba Kambambe, 17 km away. The circle was then named Cambambe.
In 1941 the railway line from Zenza do Itombe to Dondo was opened, a branch of the Luanda Railway . As a result of the improved transport routes, a number of industrial operations (cotton processing, building materials, textile industry) emerged here, especially after the opening of the Cambambe Dam hydropower plant, which had been built in 1958 , in 1960 .
In the course of the Angolan civil war after independence in 1975, all companies completely or largely ceased their activities, with the exception of the hydroelectric power station and the EKA brewery, which was founded in 1969 .
The government has been promoting the resettlement of industrial companies in Cambambe County since 2013 , and the textile industry in particular is now increasingly settling here again. The EKA brewery, which is now part of the Cuca-BGI brewery, is now the largest taxpayer in the province after various expansion stages, together with the hydropower plant (as of 2013).
administration
Cambambe is a district ( Município ) in the Cuanza Norte . The district has an area of 5212 km² with a population of around 104,400 (2019 estimate). The 2014 census showed 90,766 inhabitants.
In the north it is bounded by the districts of Dande and Pango Aluquém , in the east by Golungo Alto , Cazengo and Cacuso , in the south by Libolo and Quiçama , and in the west by Ícolo e Bengo .
The district consists of five municipalities ( Portuguese Comunas, German municipalities):
- Danje-ya-Menha (also Dange Ia Menha)
- Dondo
- Massangano
- Sao Pedro da Kilemba
- Zenza do Itombe
The capital of Cambambes is Dondo .
economy
The EKA brewery and the Cambambe dam power station are the only companies that have remained in operation to this day after the various industries were dismantled during the Angolan civil war from 1975–2002.
After the former Satec textile factory was demolished in 2012, new textile production facilities with 500 direct jobs were announced on its premises in 2013, a Japanese investment. For this purpose, the district administration has a 200 hectare site that is intended for the settlement of up to 70 companies. The Angolan company Génios Angola has already decided on two production facilities for the food industry . A nationally important center for fish farming was opened in Cambambe in March 2014.
Personalities
The author and poet Alda Lara (1930–1962) died here.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article of July 12, 2013 at www.portaldeangola.com, accessed on April 12, 2014
- ↑ Benguela já recebe energia de Cambambe angop.ao , May 24, 2019, accessed on June 24, 2019.
- ↑ a b Empresa Angolana de Cerveja produces 53.3 milhões de litros por mês - "Empresa Angolana de Cerveja produces 53.3 million liters per month" ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Article on the news portal www.macauhub.com.mo, accessed November 13, 2016
- ↑ Article of May 25, 2011 by the state press agency Agência Angola Press , accessed on January 11, 2013
- ↑ Population statistics citypopulation.de , accessed on May 24, 2019.
- ↑ Article from March 5, 2014 ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the daily newspaper Jornal de Angola , accessed on April 12, 2014
