Moxico Province
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Moxico (Portuguese spelling) is a province of Angola.
It used to have an area of Template:Convert, which corresponded to 18% of the landmass of Angola.<ref name="info"/> The province has a population of 758,568 according to the 2014 census, and a population density of approximately 3.4 residents per km2 (8.8/sq mi), making it one of the most sparsely populated areas of Angola.<ref name =Censo2014>Template:Cite web</ref> The eastern most part of the province has since become its own province, Moxico Leste.
Luena is the capital of the Moxico Province, and is located Template:Convert from the Angolan capital of Luanda.<ref name="gov"/>
History
Moxico Province was the scene of much guerrilla fighting during the Angolan Civil War. Its long border with Zambia at the east of the province was a base of operations for UNITA and MPLA. As a result, Moxico Province saw many raids by the military of South Africa.<ref name="hist"/>
Moxico Province is known as the place where UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was killed in 2002, signalling an end to over a quarter-century civil war in Angola. Savimbi's body was buried in the village of Lucusse, about Template:Convert south-east of the capital, Luanda, under a tree near where he was killed.<ref name="BBC"/>
Geography
Moxico Province borders Lunda Sul Province to the north, Bié Province to the west, Cuando Cubango Province to the south, the nation of Zambia to the east, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the northeast.
Municipalities
Template:Update The province of Moxico contains nine municipalities (Template:Langx):
- Bundas (Lumbala-N'guimbo)
- Camanongue
- Léua
- Luchazes
- Moxico (Luena)
Communes
Template:Update The province of Moxico contains the following communes (Template:Langx), sorted by their respective municipalities:
- Alto Zambeze Municipality – Caianda (Kaianda), Calunda, Cazombo, Lóvua Leste (Lóvua do Zambeze), Lumbala-Caquengue (Lumbala-Kakengue), Macondo, Nana Candundo (Candundo)
- Bundas Municipality – Chiume, Lumbala-Guimbo (Lumbala-N'guimbo) Lutembo, Luvuei, Mussuma, Ninda, Sessa
- Camanongue Municipality – Camanongue
- Cameia Municipality – Cameia (Lumeje)
- Léua Municipality – Léua, Liangongo
- Luau Municipality – Luau
- Luacano Municipality – Lago-Dilolo, Luacano
- Luchazes Municipality – Cangamba (Kangamba), Cangombe, Cassamba, Muié, Tempué
- Moxico Municipality – Cangumbe (Kangumbe), Cachipoque, Lucusse, Luena, Lutuai (Muangai)
Demographics
Moxico Province is composed of a diversity of ethnic groups, and is primarily a Bantu area. Populations of Chokwe, Lovale, Mbunda, Lucazi, and Ovimbundu make up the majority of the province. Isolated communities of other ethnic groups exist throughout Moxico.<ref name="gov"/>
Chokwe language is the most commonly spoken language in the province.<ref name="info"/>
List of governors
| Name | Years in office |
|---|---|
| Armando Fernando Ndembo | 1976–1979 |
| Maj. Marques Monakapui Bassovava | 1979–1981 |
| Celestino Figueiredo Tchinhama Faísca | 1981–1983 |
| Maj. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço * | 1983–1986 |
| Jaime Baptista Ndonge | 1986–1992 |
| João Ernesto dos Santos Liberdade | 1992–2017 |
| Gonçalves Manuel Muandumba | 2017–present |
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See also
References
External links
- Official website of province governor
- Information on this province at the Angolan ministry for territorial administration
- Information on this province at Info Angola
- Angolan embassy in London on Moxico province
- Province geographical info at geoview.info
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