Cassongue

Cassongue
Cassongue
Coordinates	11 ° 50 ′  S , 15 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 11 ° 50 ′  S , 15 ° 0 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Angola
province	Cuanza Sul
Município	Cassongue
Comuna	Cassongue
surface	5510 km²
Residents	130,000 (2013)
density	23.6  Ew. / km²
politics
mayor	Germano Armando

Cassongue is a district in the southwest African country of Angola .

history

Cassongue belonged to Seles County until it became the seat of its own county in 1964. One reason was the growing importance as a coffee and wheat growing area. At the same time, the place was elevated to a small town ( Vila ). In the further course of the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1975) and the subsequent Angolan Civil War (1975–2002), the district suffered some destruction and was thrown far behind in its development. In the course of the state reconstruction programs and the economic recovery, the district is now clearly developing positively again.

administration

Cassongue is the seat of a district of the same name ( Municipio ) in the province of Cuanza Sul . The district area covers 5510 km² with around 130,000 inhabitants (2013 estimate). The 2014 census is now to provide accurate population data.

The district is made up of four municipalities (Comunas):

• Atoms
• Cassongue
• Dumbi
• Pangambala

economy

The cultivation of coffee continues to gain in importance in the district. The 687 coffee growing families in the district were able to further increase their harvest from 350 tons in 2012 to 400 tons in 2013. Cassongue is in the traditional coffee-growing region of Angola. Between 1973 and 1974, Angola had the largest coffee production in Africa with over 204,000 tons. With the outbreak of the Angolan civil war in 1975, the Portuguese coffee planters left their plantations and coffee growing fell into disrepair. Since 2013, the cultivation of Robusta coffee has been intensified again with the support of the provincial government.

The district was also important as a wheat producer. In 1973, 1,800 tons of wheat were produced here. However, the extension fell into disrepair in the further course of the colonial war (1961–1975) and the following civil war (1975–2002). Since 2002 the production of wheat has been resumed in the district in order to connect to the former importance as a wheat producer. In this context, investors from Namibia, South Africa and Uruguay have invested in Cassongue.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article of February 14, 2014 on the mayor's statement on absent teachers , state news agency ANGOP , accessed on April 20, 2014
2. ↑ Article from May 15, 2012 on the 48th anniversary of the creation of the circle , news portal www.portaldeangola.com, accessed on April 20, 2014
3. ↑ ^{a b} Article on the increased coffee harvest in 2013 in the Cassongue district , state news agency ANGOP, accessed on April 20, 2014
4. ^ Jean Charles Pinheira : Em paz por terras de Angola . 1st edition, Zebra Publicações, Lisbon 2010, p. 64f ( ISBN 978-989-8391-03-2 )
5. ↑ Article of March 3, 2013 ( memento of February 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on www.angola24.net, accessed on February 1, 2014
6. ↑ Article of October 25, 2002 on the resumption of wheat cultivation in the Cassongue district ( Memento of April 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on www.agroportal.pt, accessed on April 20, 2014