Map of Cuando Cubango
Cuando Cubango is a first-level division of Angola. Its largest mapped city is Mavinga, with about 30,000 people in the metropolitan area. The interactive map below is centred on Cuando Cubango, and the tables list its 5 mapped cities.
- Cities Mapped
- 5
- Largest City
- Mavinga
- Country
- Angola
Interactive Map of Cuando Cubango
About Cuando Cubango
Cuando Cubango (Umbundu: Kwando Kubango Volupale) was a former province of Angola. It was divided into the provinces of Cuando and Cubango in 2024.
Cuando Cubango had an area of 199,049km2 and a population of 534,002 in 2014. Menongue was the capital of the province.
The name of the province derives from that of the Cuando and Cubango rivers, which flow through the eastern and western edges of the province, respectively.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia: Cuando Cubango Province (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Cuando Cubango in Depth
History
Throughout much of the 1980s and 1990s, Cuando Cubango served as the location for the primary base camp of Angola's UNITA rebel movement, led by Jonas Savimbi. The rebel movement received support from the United States as part of the Cold War conflict against Angola's Marxist government, which was supported by the Soviet Union, Cuba and other communist states.
Savimbi and UNITA maintained a large and clandestine base camp in the Cubando Cubango town of Jamba. The camp was protected by anti-aircraft weapons and included an air strip, which was used for the delivery of military and other supplies, which typically arrived from neighboring Zaire.
Geography
Cuando Cubango was traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude. It was located in the extreme southeast of Angola. To the north and northeast it bordered Moxico Province, and in the west, the provinces of Huila and Cunene. In the south of Cuando Cubango it bordered Namibia, and to the east, Zambia.
Natural history
Considerable natural habitat previously existed within the province, although much of these areas has been destroyed during the period 1965 to 1991 during the foreign intervention years of the Angolan Civil War. In particular, the area was previously suitable habitat for the endangered painted hunting dog, Lycaon pictus, which is now deemed extirpated in the local area.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Cuando Cubango Province (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Cuando Cubango: Key Facts
| Population | 534,002 (2014) |
|---|---|
| Area | 199,049 km² |
| Capital | Menongue |
Facts from Wikidata Q215268 (CC0).
History of Cuando Cubango: Empires and States
The atlas records 3 polities whose mapped territory included part of Cuando Cubango, from Portuguese Republic in 1914 CE to 2024 CE. They are listed in the order they first appear.
| Polity | Period here |
|---|---|
| Portuguese Republic | 1914–1925 CE |
| Estado Novo | 1926–1975 CE |
| People's Republic of Angola | 1976–2024 CE |
Historical Maps of Cuando Cubango
Cuando Cubango on the world map in each year one of these states held it:
Derived by testing mapped cities against dated territorial polygons. Dates are when the polygons cover this place, not the polity's whole lifespan, and polities absent from the source dataset are not listed.
Largest Cities in Cuando Cubango
5 cities mapped. Ranked by metropolitan population. A port city's harbour is written up on the page of its sea.
| # | Name | Population | Region | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mavinga | 30,000 | Cuando Cubango | Populated place |
| 2 | Menongue | 13,030 | Cuando Cubango | Admin-1 capital |
| 3 | Luiana | 150 | Cuando Cubango | Populated place |
| 4 | Cuito Caunavale | 149 | Cuando Cubango | Populated place |
| 5 | Mucusso | 100 | Cuando Cubango | Populated place |
Cuando Cubango: Quick Answers
- Where is Cuando Cubango?
- Cuando Cubango is a first-level division of Angola, in Africa. Its mapped cities centre on 16.2010° S, 20.3320° E.
- What is the largest city in Cuando Cubango?
- Mavinga is the largest city mapped in Cuando Cubango, with a metropolitan population of about 30,000.
- How many cities are in Cuando Cubango?
- YearMaps maps 5 cities and towns in Cuando Cubango, with a combined metropolitan population of about 43,429. This counts mapped settlements, not every municipality.