Saurimo

Saurimo
Climate diagram
	Temperature in ° C , precipitation in mm
	Source: climate-data.org

Saurimo
	Saurimo
	Saurimo
Coordinates	9 ° 40 ′ S , 20 ° 23 ′ E Coordinates: 9 ° 40 ′ S , 20 ° 23 ′ E
Basic data
Country	Angola
province	Lunda Sul
Município	Saurimo
ISO 3166-2	AO-LSU
Comuna	Saurimo
height	1081 m
surface	23,327 km²
Residents	518,000 (2019)
density	22.2 Ew. / km²
founding	May 28, 1956
politics
mayor	Gregório da Conceição Miasso
	Downtown of Saurimo

Saurimo ( Henrique de Carvalho during the colonial period ) is a town and municipality in northeast Angola with around 518,000 inhabitants (as of 2019). Saurimo is also the seat of the Archdiocese of Saurimo .

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Saurimo

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C )	28.2	28.2	28.1	29	30.1	29.3	30th	31.6	32	30.5	28.9	28.2	O	29.5
Min. Temperature (° C)	15.2	15.4	15.2	15.3	13.5	12	11.5	13.6	14.4	14.8	14.8	15.4	O	14.3
Temperature (° C)	21.7	21.8	21.6	22.1	21.8	20.6	20.7	22.6	23.2	22.6	21.8	21.8	O	21.9

Precipitation ( mm )	192	159	225	139	17th	0	0	11	51	118	214	198	Σ	1,324

Rainy days ( d )	31	28	22nd	20th	5	0	0	0	4th	20th	27	31	Σ	188

Humidity ( % )	88	84	81	78	55	38	31	25th	38	53	71	88	O	60.7

Source: climate-data.org

history

The village of Saulimbo was conquered by the Portuguese officer Henrique de Carvalho at the end of the 19th century. The Portuguese colonial administration founded a new town here and named it Henrique de Carvalho , after the commander of the conquest. The place grew as a result, and in 1923 it became a small town ( Vila ) and the capital of the then Lunda district. On May 28, 1956 he was raised to the city ( Cidade ).

After Angola's independence in 1975, the place dropped its Portuguese place name and has since borne its current name, which is based on the time before the Portuguese occupation.

During the Angolan civil war (1975-2002) internally displaced persons fled to Saurimo.

administration

Saurimo is the seat of a district of the same name ( Município ) in the province of Lunda Sul , of which it is also the capital. The district area covers 23,327 km² with around 518,000 inhabitants (2019 estimates). The 2014 census showed 442,437 inhabitants.

Saurimo County is bounded to the north by Lucapa and Cambulo counties , to the east by the Democratic Republic of the Congo , to the south near Dala county and to the west by Cacolo and Lubalo counties .

The following municipalities (Comunas) are in the district:

Catoca Mine Refining Plant

economy

Near the city is the fourth largest diamond mine in the world, the Catoca mine . With the construction of a diamond cutting factory on site in 2019, the commercialization of the stones, previously only sold as rough diamonds, is to be promoted.

In Saurimo, planning of the Nova Vida (German: New Life ) residential project began in 2010. Around 3,000 condominiums for employees in the diamond industry and their families are to be created. The whole thing is financed by Endiama . The village will also have sports fields, schools, libraries, its own university and other basic infrastructure facilities. The project is 10 km from the city center and 20 kilometers from the Saurimo Catoca .

education

There are two universities in Saurimo, the Universidade Lueji A'Nkonde and the private Universidade Lusíada de Angola , as well as the Instituto Superior Politécnico Lusíada da Lunda-Sul .

traffic

Saurimo has an airport ( IATA code : VHC; ICAO code : FNSA).

The city is the junction of several national roads.

Sports

The football club Progresso da Lunda Sul rose in 2014 for the first time in the first division of Angola, the Girabola . He welcomes his guests in the city's Estádio Municipal das Mangueiras , which seats 15,000.

After the province of Lunda Sul had no club in the first division for decades, the provincial government hoped that the rise of the club from Saurimo would increase awareness and visibility of the remote region in Angola.

With the newly founded club Juventude de Saurimo in 2018, another team from the city is now playing in the same stadium. The club played in the Girabola 2018/19 season in the Angolan House of Lords and then relegated back to the second division.

After Progresso da Lunda Sul's relegation from the second division, Juventude de Saurimo is now the city's most important football club (as of 2020).