Dirico | |
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Municipality and town | |
  Dirico Location in Angola | |
| Coordinates: 17°59′6″S20°46′37″E / 17.98500°S 20.77694°E Coordinates: 17°59′6″S20°46′37″E / 17.98500°S 20.77694°E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Cuando Cubango Province |
| Population (2014 Census) [1] | |
| • Total | 15,126 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Dirico is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. [2] The municipality had a population of 15,126 in 2014. [1]
The town is served by Dirico Airport and lies on the Cuanavale River.
Cuando Cubango is a province of Angola and it has an area of 199,049 km2 and a population of 534,002 in 2014. Menongue is the capital of the province. The governor of the province is Júlio Marcelino Vieira Bessa since July of 2019. Municipalities in this province include Calai, Cuangar, Cuchi, Cuito Cuanavale, Dirico, Longa, Mavinga, Menongue, Nancova, and Rivungo.
Nancova is a municipality of the province of Cuando Cubango, in Angola. The population is 2,796 in 2014 in an area of 10,310 km². The municipality consists of the communes Nancova and Rito.
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. It is one of the four municipalities in Angola whose inhabitants are predominantly Mbunda.
Mucusso is a town and commune in the municipality of Dirico, province of Cuando Cubango, Angola. It is located less than 15 km (9.3 mi) from the border with the Caprivi Strip of Namibia.
Cuito Cuanavale is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango (Kuando-Kubango) province in Angola. The names Kuito Kuanavale or Kwito Kwanavale are sometimes used, although this is a mutation of the original Portuguese name.
Menongue Airport is an airport serving Menongue, a town and municipality in the Cuando Cubango Province of Angola.
Cuchi is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. The population of the municipality was 42,974 in 2014.
Jamba is a town and a municipality, with a population of 105,090, in the province of Huíla, Angola.
Calai is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango Province in Angola.
Cuangar is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. The town lies on the Okavango River, opposite the town of Nkurenkuru, Namibia. The municipality had a population of 28,459 in 2014.
Longa is a town and commune in the municipality of Cuito Cuanavale, province of Cuando Cubango, Angola.
Mavinga is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. Mavinga is one of the three municipalities in Angola, predominantly inhabited by the Mbunda. The municipality had a population of 27,196 in 2014.
Rivungo is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. It is situated on the Cuando River. The municipality had a population of 33,053 inhabitants in 2014.
Xindonga is an ethnological term created as a common label for four small ethnic groups existing in the extreme Southeast of Angola: the Cusso (Mbukushu), the Dilico, the Sambio and the Maxico. These peoples live in that region, which today is the Cuando Cubango Province, together with other small groups, belonging to the Ovambo, Ganguela and San. The "Xindonga" peoples are living on petty subsistence agriculture, keeping small animals, and the occasional hunting and/or fishing.
Dirico Airport is an airport near Dirico, a town in Cuando Cubango Province, Angola.
4 de Abril Futebol Clube do Cuando Cubango, simply 4 de Abril is an Angolan sports club from the city of Menongue, in the southern province of Kuando Kubango.
Cuando Cubango Futebol Clube or simply Cuando Cubango FC is an Angolan sports club from the city of Menongue, in the Angolan southern province of Cuando Cubango. The club was founded as Futebol Clube da Casa Militar.
Luísa Baptista is an Angolan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Angola 2016 after qualifying as Miss Cuando Cubango; the first time someone from that region had won the Miss Angola title. She represented Angola at Miss Universe 2016.
Xamavera is a city and commune of Angola, located in the province of Cuando Cubango.
The 2019 Taça de Angola is the 37th edition of the Taça de Angola, the second most important and the top knock-out football club competition in Angola following the Girabola. The competition returns after having not been played in 2018 due to the transitional calendar.
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