Lumbar Nguimbo

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Lumbar Nguimbo
Lumbala Nguimbo (Angola)
Lumbar Nguimbo
Lumbar Nguimbo
Coordinates 14 ° 6 ′  S , 21 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 14 ° 6 ′  S , 21 ° 26 ′  E
Basic data
Country Angola

province

Moxico
Município Bundas
ISO 3166-2 AO-MOX
Comuna Lumbar Nguimbo
Residents 4000 (2013)

Lumbala Nguimbo (also Lumbala N'guimbo ) is a small town in eastern Angola . Occasionally the city is also called Bundas , after the district of which it is the capital.

history

Under the Portuguese colonial administration , the place was called Vila Gago Coutinho , after the Portuguese officer, navigator and historian Gago Coutinho (1869-1959), who was known as the first high-flyer on the South Atlantic route. After Angola's independence in 1975, the Portuguese place name was replaced by the current name.

administration

Lumbala Nguimbo is the seat of a municipality of the same name (Comuna) in the district ( Município ) of Bundas , in the province of Moxico . The community has about 4,000 inhabitants (2013 estimate). The 2014 population census should henceforth ensure reliable population figures.

Lumbala Nguimbo is also the capital of Bundas County.

traffic

The city has an airport with the IATA airport code GGC.

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