Zenza do Itombe

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Zenza do Itombe
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Zenza do Itombe
Location in Angola
Coordinates: 9°17′0″S14°3′0″E / 9.28333°S 14.05000°E / -9.28333; 14.05000 Coordinates: 9°17′0″S14°3′0″E / 9.28333°S 14.05000°E / -9.28333; 14.05000
CountryFlag of Angola.svg  Angola
Province Cuanza Norte
Municipality Cambambe
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)
Climate Aw

Zenza do Itombe is a town and commune in the municipality of Cambambe, province of Cuanza Norte, Angola.

Communes of Angola

The Communes of Angola are administrative units in Angola after municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola are divided into communes. There are a total of 618 communes of Angola:

Cambambe Municipality in Cuanza Norte, Angola

Cambambe is a town and municipality in Cuanza Norte Province in Angola. It is the site of a hydroelectric dam on the Cuanza River. Cambambe also contains ruins from the 17th-century Portuguese settlement of the area, including the Igreja da Nossa Senhora do Rosário and the Fortress of Kambambe.

Cuanza Norte Province Province in Angola

The Cuanza Norte Province is a province of Angola. N'dalatando is the capital and the province has an area of 24,110 km² and a population of approximately 428,000. According to 1988 US government statistics, the province has a population of 365,100, with just 18,000 living in urban areas. Manuel Pedro Pacavira was born here and is a former provincial governor. The 1,400 meter long Capanda Dam is located in this province. Cuanza Norte lies on the northern bank of the Cuanza River. It had been a territory of Ngola Kingdom. In 1914, Norton de Matos created District of Cuanza which was divided into Cuanza Norte and Cuanza Sul Provinces in 1917.

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Transport

It is served by a junction railway station of the Luanda Railway. It was the place of the 2001 Angola train attack.

Luanda Railway

The Luanda Railway is a 424 km single-track Cape gauge railway line from the Angolan capital of Luanda to Malanje. A branch line departs the railway at Zenza do Itombe for Dondo. The line is operated by the state owned company Caminho de Ferro de Luanda E.P., short CFL EP.

The 2001 Angola train attack was an attack during the Angolan Civil War when on 10 August 2001 UNITA forces derailed a train travelling between towns of Zenza and Dondo with an anti-tank mine and then attacked the passengers with small arms fire.

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