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Muxima
Sign in to saveMuxima is a town and commune in the municipality of Quiçama, Icolo e Bengo Province, Angola. The village, located by Kwanza river, was occupied in 1589 by the Portuguese who erected a church and a fortress in 1599. Muxima means "heart" in Kimbundu. It is the site of a Marian shrine. The town is the home of the 16th century Portuguese Fortress of Muxima.
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Place details
- Locality
- Muxima
- Region
- Luanda
- Country
- Angola
- Population
- 8,166
- Timezone
- Africa/Luanda
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Muxima
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Muxima pilgrimage.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of Our Lady of Conception
- 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
- Icolo e Bengo
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Quiçama
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2670
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_total
- 8166
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Angola
- Country
- Angola
- Located in
- Luanda Province
- Elevation
- 132
- Capital of
- Quiçama
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- Muxima
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- Church
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Muxima is a town and commune in the municipality of Quiçama, Icolo e Bengo Province, Angola. The village, located by Kwanza river, was occupied in 1589 by the Portuguese who erected a church and a fortress in 1599. Muxima means "heart" in Kimbundu. It is the site of a Marian shrine. The town is the home of the 16th century Portuguese Fortress of Muxima.
==Church== The church Nossa Senhora da Conceição, more well known as Nossa Senhora da Muxima, was first established in colonial Portuguese Angola in 1599.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Muxima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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