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Longonjo

Coordinates:12°54′24″S15°11′11″E / 12.90667°S 15.18639°E /-12.90667; 15.18639
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Municipality and town in Huambo, Angola
Longonjo
Longonjo is located in Angola
Longonjo
Longonjo
Location in Angola
Coordinates:12°54′24″S15°11′11″E / 12.90667°S 15.18639°E /-12.90667; 15.18639
Country Angola
ProvinceHuambo
Area
 • Municipality andtown
941 sq mi (2,438 km2)
Population
 (2014 Census)[1]
 • Municipality andtown
92,103
 • Density98/sq mi (38/km2)
 • Urban23,000
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
ClimateCwb

Longonjo is a town andmunicipality in the province ofHuambo,Angola.[3] The municipality had a population of 92,103 in 2014.[1]

Administrative divisions

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The municipality is divided into four subdistricts orcommunes:

  • Longonjo: 60 villages, 529 square kilometres (204 sq mi)
  • Catabola: 36 villages, 501 square kilometres (193 sq mi)
  • Chilata: 57 villages, 887 square kilometres (342 sq mi)
  • Lepi: 57 villages 426 square kilometres (164 sq mi)

Economy

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Like most of Huambo province, the economy of Longonjo municipality is primarily agrarian, both farming and livestock raising; however Pensana's subsidiary Ozango Minerals has plans to open arare earth mine there,[4][5] in the Longonjocarbonatite intrusion (Mount Chibilundo).[6][7]

There has been extensive deforestation due to the production of charcoal that supplies Angolan urban areas. This has produced additional pasture for cattle.[8]

References

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  1. ^ab"Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Huambo"(PDF).Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Retrieved3 May 2020.
  2. ^Citypopulation.de Population of cities & urban localities in Angola
  3. ^"City councils of Angola". Statoids. RetrievedApril 9, 2009.
  4. ^Arnoldi, Marleny (25 May 2022)."Pensana confirms $494m capital cost for its Saltend, Longonjo operations".Mining Weekly.Archived from the original on 12 July 2022.
  5. ^Costa, Tatiana (29 April 2022)."Huambo's 'Rare Earths' could guarantee five percent of world production". VER Angola.Archived from the original on 7 July 2022.
  6. ^"Longonjo carbonatite intrusion". MinDat.
  7. ^"Dromana Estate has exploration underway at Longonjo Project in Angola". Proactive Group Holdings Inc. 14 May 2013.Archived from the original on 9 September 2022.
  8. ^Bahu, Andrade Moreira (2015).A Comercialização do Carvão Vegetal Versus Insustentabilidade das Florestas Naturais Baseado Num Estudo de Caso Nas Aldeias de Nazaré e Calombo Nos Municípios de Longonjo e Caála, Província Do Huambo, Angola(PDF) (in Portuguese). Huambo, Angola: Universidade José Eduardo dos Santo.Archived(PDF) from the original on 9 September 2022.
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