Cunene Province

Cunene is a province of Angola. It has an area of 87,342 km2 and a population of 990,087 in 2014.[1]

Catching catfish in Cunene Province.
Cunene
Province
Country Angola
CapitalOndjiva
Government
 • GovernorVigílio da Ressurreição Bernardo Adriano Tyova
 • Vice-Governor for the Political, Economic and Social SectorAlbertina Teresa José
 • Vice-Governor for Technical Services and InfrastructuresFeliciano Salomão Himulova
Area
 • Total87,342 km2 (33,723 sq mi)
Population
 (2014 census)[1]
 • Total990,087
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
Area code035
ISO 3166 codeAO-CNN
HDI (2018)0.509[2]
low · 14th
Websitewww.cunene.gov.ao

Ondjiva is the capital of the province; it was previously known as Vila Pereira d’Eça. Ondjiva is the only city in this province. The distance from Ondjiva to Luanda is 1424 km and to Lubango is 415 km. The Cunene River gave its name to the province.

Ruacana Falls

Cunene lies north of the Cunene River, which forms the border between Angola and Namibia. Cunene is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

During World War I the region was the scene of fighting in 1914–15. The German campaign in Angola resulted in Germany's temporary occupation of the area.

The inhabitants of the Province are overwhelmingly Ovambo pastoralists. Since the 1960s, they have been under pressure first from white settlers, and after independence from high-ranking military officers and politicians, who acquired large extensions of land which the Ovambo need for the transhumance of their cattle. The ecological, economic and social advantage of pastoralism over ranching has been known since the 1970s, but has not been sufficiently taken into account in policy making.[3]

Municipalities

The province of Cunene contains six municipalities (Portuguese: municípios):

  • Cahama
  • Kuroka (Curoca)
  • Kuvelai (Cuvelai)
  • Kwanhama (Cuanhama)
  • Namakunde (Namacunde)
  • Ombadja

Communes

The province of Cunene contains the following communes (Portuguese: comunas); sorted by their respective municipalities:

  • Cahama Municipality: – Cahama, Oxinjau (Otchinjau)
  • Kuroka Municipality: – Chitado, Oncócua
  • Kuvelai Municipality: – Calonga, Cuvati (Cubati), Mucolongodijo (Mukolongodjo), Mupa (Omunda)
  • Kwanhama Municipality: – Evale, Môngua, Nehone-Cafima, Ondjiva, Simporo (Tchimporo-Yonde)
  • Namakunde Municipality: – Melunga-Chiede, Namakunde (Namacunde)
  • Ombadja Municipality: – Humbe, Mucope, Naulila, Ombala yo Mungu, Xangongo

List of governors of Cunene
NameYears in office
Kundi Paihama1976–1979
Capt Ary da Costa1979–1982
Pedro Mutindi1983–2008
António Didalelwa2008–2016
Kundi Paihama2016–2018
Vigílio da Ressurreição Bernardo Adriano Tyova2018–2020
Gerdina Ulipamue Didalelwa 2020–

[4]

Up to 1991, the official name was Provincial Commissioner.

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See also
  • Kunene Region in Namibia

References
  1. "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação - 2014" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  3. See Eduardo Cruz de Carvalho, "'Traditional' and 'Modern' Patterns of Cattle Raising in Southwestern Angola: A critical evaluation of change from Pastoralism to Ranching", The Journal of Developing Areas, 8 1974, pp. 199-226 http://www.the-eis.com/data/literature/Pastoralism%20in%20southern%20Angola.pdf
  4. "Virgílio Tyova é o 6º governador na história do Cunene" (in Portuguese). ANGOP Angolan State News Agency. 12 Sep 2018. Retrieved 5 Mar 2019.

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