12°11′45″S 15°51′20″E / 12.19583°S 15.85556°E
Bailundo | |
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Municipality and town | |
  Bailundo Location in Angola | |
| Coordinates: 12°11′45″S 15°51′20″E / 12.19583°S 15.85556°E | |
| Country |  Angola |
| Province | Huambo |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,765 sq mi (7,161 km2) |
| Population (2014 Census)[1] | |
• Total | 294,494 |
| • Density | 110/sq mi (41/km2) |
| Climate | Cwb |
Bailundo (pre-1975 Vila Teixeira da Silva) is a municipality, with a population of 294,494 (2014), and a town, with a population of 70,481 (2014),[2] in the province of Huambo, Angola.
In the 1990s, Bailundo was the location of the headquarters of UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi.[3]
On January 19, 2008, a Gira Globo Aeronáutica Beechcraft B200 Super King Air on approach to Huambo Airport in Huambo crashed on a mountain near Bailundo, killing all 13 people on board.[4]
Located in Bailundo is the non-sovereign Kingdom of Bailundo. In 2021, Tchongolola Tchongonga was elected king of the Kingdom, to succeed Ekuikui IV who was deposed earlier in the same year.[5] Kings are considered to be significant community leaders, and play important roles in local matters.[6][7]
See also
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- ^ Citypopulation.de Archived 2020-04-22 at the Wayback Machine Population of cities & urban localities in Angola
- ^ "IRIN Update 377 for 18 Mar 98.3.18". www.africa.upenn.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft B200 Super King Air D2-FFK Bailundo". aviation-safety.net. Archived from the original on 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ^ "You are being redirected..." www.angop.ao. Archived from the original on 2021-11-11. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
- ^ "Paying homage to an Angolan king". 2003-09-25. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ Florêncio, Fernando (2017-08-04), "No Reino da Toupeira. Autoridades Tradicionais do M'balundu e o Estado Angolano", Vozes do Universo Rural : Reescrevendo o Estado em África, ebook'IS (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Centro de Estudos Internacionais, pp. 79–175, ISBN 978-989-8862-32-7, archived from the original on 2021-07-28, retrieved 2022-08-21
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