Caxito
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| Coordinates | 8 ° 35 ′ S , 13 ° 40 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Angola | ||
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| Município | Dande | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | AO-BGO | ||
| Comuna | Caxito | ||
| Residents | 12,000 | ||
 Caxito Church
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Caxito is an Angolan city on the Dande , a river that flows into the Atlantic Ocean about 25-30 km further west at the place Barra do Dande . The city is also the seat of the diocese of Caxito .
history
The origin of the word Caxito comes from the Kimbundu spoken in this region , i. that is, it is the Portuguese transformation of the word "Kaxitu". Etymologically, "Kaxitu" is the diminutive of "xitu" (meat), which means "a piece of meat".
Caxito has existed in preforms for hundreds of years. In its current form as a county seat, it was created on April 26, 1980 after the division of Luanda Province. It is the seat of the district (Município) Dande, which until 1975 belonged to the province of Luanda .
Residents and administration
Caxito is the seat of a municipality of the same name (Comuna) in the district ( Município ) of Dande , whose capital is Caxito at the same time. The place has about 12,000 inhabitants. The province of Bengo has a total of about 461,000 inhabitants, but these are estimates that should have long been overtaken by the particularly strong population growth here. From now on, the 2014 census will provide reliable population data.
Caxito is the capital of the Bengo Province .
sons and daughters of the town
- Fernando Dacosta (* 1945), Portuguese journalist and author
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 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.
