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Menongue

Serpa Pinto
Municipality and town
Menongue is located in Angola
Menongue
Menongue
Location in Angola
Country  Angola
Province Cuando Cubango Province
Area
 • Municipality and town 23,500 km2 (9,100 sq mi)
Elevation
1,354 m (4,442 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Municipality and town 320,914
 • Density 13.656/km2 (35.37/sq mi)
 • Urban
251,178
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
Climate Cwa

Menongue, formerly Serpa Pinto, is a town, a municipality, and the capital of Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 320,914 in 2014. It is one of the four municipalities in Angola whose inhabitants are predominantly Mbunda.

Menongue is the current terminus of the Moçâmedes Railway, from Moçâmedes, and also home of the small Menongue Airport.

History

During the colonial period, the town was called Serpa Pinto, in honour of the namesake Portuguese explorer.

Sports

FC Cuando Cubango, promoted to the 2018 Girabola, the top flight of Angolan soccer, play in Menongue.

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