Cuvelai
| Cuvelai | |||
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| Coordinates | 15 ° 40 ′ S , 15 ° 48 ′ E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Angola | ||
| Bié | |||
| Município | Cuvelai | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | AO-BIE | ||
| surface | 16,270 km² | ||
| Residents | 67,100 (2019) | ||
| density | 4.1 Ew. / km² | ||
| politics | |||
| mayor | Margarida Ulisavo | ||
Cuvelai is a district in Angola , in southwest Africa .
Cuvelai is the northern starting point of the Oshana system , a water network also known as the Cuvelai system or Cuvelai wetland . It leads to neighboring Namibia . At the border it forms a 130 km wide delta of temporarily occurring watercourses.
administration
Cuvelai is a district ( Município ) in the province of Cunene . The district has 67,100 inhabitants (2019 estimate) on an area of 16,270 km². The 2014 census showed 57,398 inhabitants.
The seat of the district is Omukologonjo (also written Mukolongondjo).
Four municipalities (Comunas) make up the Cuvelai district:
- Calonga
- Cuvati
- Omukologonjo (also Mukolongondjo)
- Omunda (also Mupa)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article of January 11, 2014 by the state news agency ANGOP , accessed on April 12, 2014
- ↑ Water resources fao.org , 2016, accessed July 5, 2019
- ^ Article dated August 21, 2012 by the state news agency ANGOP, accessed on April 12, 2014
- ↑ Population statistics citypopulation.de , accessed on July 5, 2019