Longonjo

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Longonjo
Municipality and town
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Longonjo
Location in Angola
Coordinates: 12°54′24″S15°11′11″E / 12.90667°S 15.18639°E / -12.90667; 15.18639
CountryFlag of Angola.svg  Angola
Province Huambo
Area
 •  Municipality and town 941 sq mi (2,438 km2)
Population
 (2014 Census) [1]
 •  Municipality and town 92,103
 • Density98/sq mi (38/km2)
 •  Urban
[2]
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]

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Administrative divisions

The municipality is divided into four subdistricts or communes:

Economy

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Huambo" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & urban localities in Angola
  3. ↑ "City councils of Angola". Statoids. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Longonjo carbonatite intrusion". MinDat.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ 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.


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