Menongue

Serpa Pinto

Municipality and town

Menongue

Location in Angola

Coordinates:  [ ⚑ ] 14°39′20″S 17°41′03″E﻿ / ﻿14.65556°S 17.68417°E﻿ / -14.65556; 17.68417
Country|  Angola
Province| Cuando Cubango Province
Area

• Municipality and town| 23,500 km2 (9,100 sq mi)
Elevation

| 1,354 m (4,442 ft)
Population

(2014)[1]

• Municipality and town| 320,914
• Density| 14/km2 (35/sq mi)
• Urban

[2]

| 251,178
Time zone| UTC+1 (WAT)
Climate| Cwa

Menongue, formerly Serpa Pinto, is a town, a municipality, and the capital of Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 320,914 in 2014.[1] It is one of the four municipalities in Angola whose inhabitants are predominantly Mbunda.

Menongue is the current terminus of the Moçâmedes Railway, from Moçâmedes,[3] and also home of the small Menongue Airport.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Sports
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## History

During the colonial period, the town was called Serpa Pinto, in honour of the namesake Portuguese explorer.

## Sports

FC Cuando Cubango, promoted to the 2018 Girabola, the top flight of Angolan soccer, play in Menongue.

## See also

* Mbunda language
* Mbunda people
* Mbunda Kingdom

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Cuando Cubango". https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Censo_2014/Publicacao_Cuando_Cubango_DID_FINAL_12_12_0216.pdf.
2. ↑ Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Angola
3. ↑ "Menongue". Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/375203/Menongue.

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