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Ondjiva
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Ondjiva, formerly '''Vila Pereira d'Eça''', is a town, with a population of 121,537 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Cuanhama, province of Cunene, Angola. It is also the administrative capital of Cunene Province and is located at the extreme south of the country, about from the border with Namibia. It was traditionally the seat of the Ovambo king of the Oukwanyama tribe. Ondjiva was greatly affected by the Angolan Civil War (1975-2002).
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Ondjiva is a city and commune in Angola, serving as the capital of Cunene Province and Uukwanyama. It is situated at an elevation of 1,098 meters above sea level and covers an area of 2,100 square kilometers. The official language is Portuguese, and the local time zone is UTC+01:00.
The population of Ondjiva is 121,537. The city is located in the administrative territorial entity of Cunene Province.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ondjiva
- Region
- Cunene
- Country
- Angola
- Population
- 121,537
- Timezone
- Africa/Luanda
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ondjiva
- Settlement.other_name
- Vila Pereira d'Eça
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune
- 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
- Cunene
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Cuanhama
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2100
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_total
- 187914
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Mission station
- Angolan Civil War
- Demographics
- Geography
- Neighborhoods
- Transport
- Annual Trade Fair
- Notable people
- See also
- References
Ondjiva, formerly '''Vila Pereira d'Eça', is a town, with a population of 121,537 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Cuanhama, province of Cunene, Angola. It is also the administrative capital of Cunene Province and is located at the extreme south of the country, about from the border with Namibia. It was traditionally the seat of the Ovambo king of the Oukwanyama tribe. Ondjiva was greatly affected by the Angolan Civil War (1975-2002).
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ondjiva” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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