Ondjiva is the capital of the province; it was previously known as Vila Pereira d’Eça. Ondjiva is the only city in this province with 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]
cunene, province, cunene, province, angola, area, population, 2014, cuneneprovincecountry, angolacapitalondjivagovernment, governorvigílio, ressurreição, bernardo, adriano, tyova, vice, governor, political, economic, social, sectoralbertina, teresa, josé, vice. Cunene is a province of Angola It has an area of 87 342 km2 and a population of 990 087 in 2014 1 CuneneProvinceCountry AngolaCapitalOndjivaGovernment GovernorVigilio da Ressurreicao Bernardo Adriano Tyova Vice Governor for the Political Economic and Social SectorAlbertina Teresa Jose Vice Governor for Technical Services and InfrastructuresFeliciano Salomao HimulovaArea Total87 342 km2 33 723 sq mi Population 2014 census 1 Total990 087Time zoneUTC 1 WAT Area code035ISO 3166 codeAO CNNHDI 2018 0 509 2 low 14thWebsitewww wbr cunene wbr gov wbr ao Catching catfish in Cunene Province Ondjiva is the capital of the province it was previously known as Vila Pereira d Eca Ondjiva is the only city in this province with 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 FallsCunene 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 Contents 1 Municipalities 2 Communes 3 List of governors of Cunene 4 In popular culture 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksMunicipalities editThe province of Cunene contains six municipalities Portuguese municipios Cahama Kuroka Curoca Kuvelai Cuvelai Kwanhama Cuanhama Namakunde Namacunde OmbadjaCommunes editThe province of Cunene contains the following communes Portuguese comunas sorted by their respective municipalities Cahama Municipality Cahama Oxinjau Otchinjau Kuroka Municipality Chitado Oncocua Kuvelai Municipality Calonga Cuvati Cubati Mucolongodijo Mukolongodjo Mupa Omunda Kwanhama Municipality Evale Mongua Nehone Cafima Ondjiva Simporo Tchimporo Yonde Namakunde Municipality Melunga Chiede Namakunde Namacunde Ombadja Municipality Humbe Mucope Naulila Ombala yo Mungu XangongoList of governors of Cunene editName Years in officeKundi Paihama 1976 1979Capt Ary da Costa 1979 1982Pedro Mutindi 1983 2008Antonio Didalelwa 2008 2016Kundi Paihama 2016 2018Vigilio da Ressurreicao Bernardo Adriano Tyova 2018 2020Gerdina Ulipamue Didalelwa 2020 4 Up to 1991 the official name was Provincial Commissioner In popular culture editIn Call of Duty Black Ops II the UNITA under Jonas Savimbi assists CIA operatives Alex Mason and Jason Hudson to find the CIA remnants under Woods held by the MPLA and the Cubans See also editKunene Region in NamibiaReferences edit a b Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da Populacao e Habitacao 2014 PDF Instituto Nacional de Estatistica Republica de Angola Archived from the original PDF on 14 December 2019 Retrieved 3 May 2020 Sub national HDI Area Database Global Data Lab hdi globaldatalab org Retrieved 2020 02 27 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 Virgilio Tyova e o 6º governador na historia do Cunene in Portuguese ANGOP Angolan State News Agency 12 Sep 2018 Retrieved 5 Mar 2019 External links editOfficial website of province governor Archived 2015 10 07 at the Wayback Machine Information on this province at the Angolan ministry for territorial administration Information on this province at Info Angola Province geographical info at geoview info 16 42 S 16 3 E 16 700 S 16 050 E 16 700 16 050 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cunene Province amp oldid 1192834865, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
