Cunene Province

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Cunene region
Cunene in Angola.svg
CountryFlag of Angola.svg  Angola
Capital Ondjiva
Government
  GovernorVigílio da Ressurreição Bernardo Adriano Tyova
  Vice-Governor for the Political, Economic and Social SectorAlbertina Teresa José
  Vice-Governor for Technical Services and InfrastructuresFeliciano Salomão Himulova
Area
  Total
87,342 km2 (33,723 sq mi)
Population
 (2014 census) [1]
  Total
990,087
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
Area code 035
ISO 3166 code AO-CNN
HDI (2018)0.509 [2]
low · 14th
Website www.cunene.gov.ao

Cunene is a province of Angola. It has an area of 87,342 km2 and a population of 990,087 in 2014. [1]

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Catching catfish in Cunene Province. Happy Catch.jpg
Catching catfish in Cunene Province.

Ondjiva is the capital of the province; it was previously known as Vila Pereira d’Eça. Ondjiva is the only city in this province with the distance from Ondjiva to Luanda is 1424 km and to Lubango is 415 km. The Cunene River gave its name to the province.

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Ruacana Falls

Cunene lies north of the Cunene River, which forms the border between Angola and Namibia. Cunene is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

During World War I the region was the scene of fighting in 1914–15. The German campaign in Angola resulted in Germany's temporary occupation of the area.

The inhabitants of the Province are overwhelmingly Ovambo pastoralists. Since the 1960s, they have been under pressure first from white settlers, and after independence from high-ranking military officers and politicians, who acquired large extensions of land which the Ovambo need for the transhumance of their cattle. The ecological, economic and social disadvantages of pastoralism over ranching has been known since the 1970s, but has not been sufficiently taken into account in policy making. [3]

Municipalities

The province of Cunene contains six municipalities (Portuguese : municípios):

Communes

The province of Cunene contains the following communes (Portuguese : comunas); sorted by their respective municipalities:

List of governors of Cunene

NameYears in office
Kundi Paihama 1976–1979
Capt Ary da Costa1979–1982
Pedro Mutindi 1983–2008
António Didalelwa2008–2016
Kundi Paihama 2016–2018
Vigílio da Ressurreição Bernardo Adriano Tyova2018–2020
Gerdina Ulipamue Didalelwa2020–

[4]

Up to 1991, the official name was Provincial Commissioner.

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References

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