Longonjo
Longonjo | |
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Municipality and town | |
  Longonjo Location in Angola | |
| Coordinates: 12°54′24″S 15°11′11″E / 12.90667°S 15.18639°E | |
| Country |  Angola |
| Province | Huambo |
| Area | |
| • Municipality and town | 941 sq mi (2,438 km2) |
| Population (2014 Census)[1] | |
| • Municipality and town | 92,103 |
| • Density | 98/sq mi (38/km2) |
| • Urban | 23,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Climate | Cwb |
Longonjo is a town and municipality in the province of Huambo, Angola.[3] The municipality had a population of 92,103 in 2014.[1]
Administrative divisions
[edit]The municipality is divided into four subdistricts or communes:
- Longonjo: 60 villages, 529 square kilometres (204 sq mi)
- Catabola: 36 villages, 501 square kilometres (193 sq mi)
- Chilata: 57 villages, 887 square kilometres (342 sq mi)
- Lepi: 57 villages 426 square kilometres (164 sq mi)
Economy
[edit]Like most of Huambo province, the economy of Longonjo municipality is primarily agrarian, both farming and livestock raising; however Pensana's subsidiary Ozango Minerals has plans to open a rare earth mine there,[4][5] in the Longonjo carbonatite intrusion (Mount Chibilundo).[6][7]
There has been extensive deforestation due to the production of charcoal that supplies Angolan urban areas. This has produced additional pasture for cattle.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Huambo" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & urban localities in Angola
- ^ "City councils of Angola". Statoids. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
- ^ Arnoldi, Marleny (25 May 2022). "Pensana confirms $494m capital cost for its Saltend, Longonjo operations". Mining Weekly. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022.
- ^ Costa, Tatiana (29 April 2022). "Huambo's 'Rare Earths' could guarantee five percent of world production". VER Angola. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Longonjo carbonatite intrusion". MinDat.
- ^ "Dromana Estate has exploration underway at Longonjo Project in Angola". Proactive Group Holdings Inc. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022.
- ^ Bahu, Andrade Moreira (2015). A Comercialização do Carvão Vegetal Versus Insustentabilidade das Florestas Naturais Baseado Num Estudo de Caso Nas Aldeias de Nazaré e Calombo Nos Municípios de Longonjo e Caála, Província Do Huambo, Angola (PDF) (in Portuguese). Huambo, Angola: Universidade José Eduardo dos Santo. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 September 2022.
Capital: Huambo | |
| Bailundo | |
| Caála | |
| Ekunha |
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| Huambo | |
| Katchiungo |
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| Londuimbali |
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| Longonjo | |
| Mungo | |
| Tchicala Tcholohanga |
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| Tchindjenje |
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| Ukuma | |
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