Dundo
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Dundo, or Dundo-Chitato, is a former mining town, with a population of 240,410 (2024 census), now a city and the provincial capital of Lunda Norte in Angola. Established in the early part of the 20th century as a planned diamond mining community, Dundo has continued to grow, has its own airport and is now being superseded by a new city, New Dundo.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dundo
- Settlement.other_name
- Dundo-Chitato
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Angola
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Angola
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lunda Norte Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chitato
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Commune
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Luachimo
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2,233
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024 census
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Angola
- Located in
- Chitato
- Population
- 177604
- Capital of
- Lunda Norte Province
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- P12749
- Burchardi flood
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Notable buildings
- Orientation
- Sport
- Religion
- Climate
- References
- External links
Dundo, or Dundo-Chitato, is a former mining town, with a population of 240,410 (2024 census), now a city and the provincial capital of Lunda Norte in Angola. Established in the early part of the 20th century as a planned diamond mining community, Dundo has continued to grow, has its own airport and is now being superseded by a new city, New Dundo.
The city is the home of the football club called Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança, which plays at Estádio Quintalão. The local museum houses objects collected by social anthropologist, Hermann Baumann.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dundo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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