Country Angola Climate Cwb Local time Sunday 3:55 PM Province Huíla Province | Time zone WAT (UTC+1) Area 3,898 km² Population 33,244 (2006) | |
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Weather 28°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 27% Humidity | ||
Chipindo is a town and municipality in the province of Huíla, Angola.,
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Map of Chipindo, Angola
It is situated 450 km North of Lubango, Huila province capital.
Geography & Territory
With an extension of 3.898 km2, and a density of population of 16 inhabitants per km2, it is limited with the towns of Caála and Tchicala Tcholoanga in Huambo Province in the North, with Jamba town in the South, with Kuvango in the East and with Caconda and Chicomba in the West.
Its population is estimated in 33.244 inhabitants (2.006)., distributed in two comunas, Chipindo Sede and Bambi, that are constituited by seven regedorías, Tchitata, Camoanha, Sangueve, Capembe e Bundjei (Chipindo Sede), Catapua, Bambi sede (Bambi), and a great number of aldeias in each comuna. During the raining season traffic is strongly reduced due to the bad shape of the roads.
It has a small landing runway.
Climate
Chipindo has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb) with two differentiated seasons, a wet season from October to April and a dry season from May to September. Temperatures are somewhat lower during the dry season.
Population
Mother tongue of most of the population is Umbundu, spoken by the majority of Umbundu people, although it exist a part of the population belonging to Gangela people, especially in the West, close to Kuvango. The population is in its majority of strong traditional beliefs.
Administration
Since the end of the war, for the first time in 14 years, since March 19, 2002, a local administration was established.
COMUNAS
Regidurias: Catapua, Bambi sede.