Province of Moxico

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Province of Moxico
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Basic data
Country Angola
Capital Luena
surface 223,023 km²
Residents 758,568 (2014 census)
density 3.4 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 AO-MOX
Website www.moxico.gov.ao ( Portuguese )
politics
Governador João Ernesto dos Santos

Coordinates: 12 °  S , 20 °  E

Moxico is a province of the African state Angola . It is located in the east of the country on the border with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Moxico is the largest province in Angola in terms of area.

The largest lake in the country, Lake Dilolo, is located in Moxico . The Cameia National Park is also located here .

The leader of the UNITA rebels, Jonas Savimbi , had a main base of operations in the province during the Angolan civil war . Savimbi died while on the run in a gun battle with Angolan government troops in February 2002. He was buried in the village of Lucusse (Moxico), about 1000 kilometers (600 miles) southeast of the capital Luanda , under a tree nearby where he was killed has been.

administration

The province of Moxico has an area of ​​223,023 km². In 2006, the estimate of the population was around 230,000. In the 2014 census, 758,568 inhabitants were counted. The estimate for 2019 is 880,500 inhabitants.

The province is divided into nine districts ( Municípios ), which are further divided into 21 municipalities (Comunas). The provincial capital is Luena .

The following districts are in the province of Moxico:

Economy and Transport

The province of Moxico is a relatively sparsely populated dry savannah that is only interrupted by a few agricultural areas. Maize is grown around Luena and peanuts around Canconga . Other crops are rice, cassava and wheat, and poultry is also farmed. Mineral raw materials include coal, copper, manganese and iron ores.

The Benguela Railway crosses the province.

Web links

Commons : Province of Moxico  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website provincial government of Moxico  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.moxico.gov.ao  
  2. ↑ bevölkerungsstatistik.de (2006)
  3. ↑ Population statistics citypopulation.de , accessed on June 21, 2019.
  4. ↑ botschaftangola.de:The Provinces of Angola # Moxico ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.botschaftangola.de