Quilengues
Municipality and town
Quilengues is located in Angola
Quilengues
Quilengues
Location in Angola
Coordinates: 14°04′53″S 14°05′35″E / 14.08139°S 14.09306°E / -14.08139; 14.09306
Country Angola
ProvinceHuíla
Population
 (2014 Census)[1]
 • Total75,334
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
ClimateAw

Quilengues, also Kilenjes, is a town and municipality in Huíla Province in Angola.[2][3] The municipality had a population of 75,334 in 2014.[1]

Quilengues sits on the western edge of the Central Highlands, and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Chongoroi, the east by the municipality of Caluquembe, the south by the cities of Lubango and Cacula, and to the west by the municipalities of Bibala and Camucuio.[3] The main activities are agriculture, trade and livestock.[4][5]

Quilengues was colonized by the Portuguese from 1770. It served as a gateway for the slave trade, and expanded the trade to the southeast of Angola on to the Kunene River. Quilengues became a municipality on July 1, 1870.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província da Huíla" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Reference Center: Provinces". Angolan Embassy in the United States. Archived from the original on 11 February 2006.
  3. 1 2 3 Broadhead, Susan (1992). Historical dictionary of Angola. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press. p. 10. ISBN 0585070091.
  4. ↑ "Huíla: Municípios". Info-Angola. Retrieved 27 Feb 2010.
  5. ↑ "City councils of Angola". Statoids. Retrieved April 9, 2009.


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