Chinguar
| Chinguar | |||
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| Coordinates | 12 ° 33 ′ S , 16 ° 20 ′ E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Angola | ||
| Bié | |||
| Município | Chinguar | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | AO-BIE | ||
| Comuna | Chinguar | ||
| surface | 3,054 km² | ||
| Residents | 388,886 (2006) | ||
| density | 127.3 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1810 | ||
| politics | |||
| mayor | Calvino Florindo Chingongo | ||
Chinguar is a small town in Angola , in southwestern Africa .
history
It was founded in 1810 by Portuguese, who by Embala Tchiundo (now county Katchiungo , Huambo Province were trailing) from. After the arrival of the Benguela Railway in the early 20th century, the place saw some development. After Angola gained independence from Portugal in 1975 , the Angolan civil war broke out, which caused particularly extensive damage here. Since the end of the civil war in 2002 and the increasing reconstruction, the place has recovered significantly.
administration
Chinguar is the seat of a district of the same name ( Município ) in the province of Bié . The district has 388,886 inhabitants (2006 estimate) on an area of 3,054 km².
Three communities (Comunas) make up the Chinguar district:
sons and daughters of the town
- Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás (1958–2010), Bishop of Namibe
Web links
- Chinguar County profile on the 2014 Census Official Website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article of September 8, 2006 by the state news agency ANGOP , accessed on March 15, 2014