Dundo
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Dundo is an Angola
n mining town
located in Lunda Norte Province.
The city is the home of the football club called Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança
, which plays at Estádio Quintalão
. The local museum houses objects collected by Hermann Baumann (social anthropologist)
. Since 2001, the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Dundo is Joaquim Ferreira Lopes.
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
n mining town
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
located in Lunda Norte Province.
The city is the home of the football club called Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança
Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança
Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança, usually known as Sagrada Esperança, is a football club from Dundo, Angola. The club won its first title, the Angolan Cup, in 1988....
, which plays at Estádio Quintalão
Estádio Quintalão
Estádio Quintalão is a multi-use stadium in Dundo, Angola. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança. The stadium holds 3,000 people....
. The local museum houses objects collected by Hermann Baumann (social anthropologist)
Hermann Baumann (Social Anthropologist)
Hermann Baumann was an influential German Africa expert.In 1928, Baumann became editor-in-chief of the Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, Berlin, a post which he held until 1941. During the Third Reich, he was active as a government adviser, working on the eventual restoration of German colonies in Africa...
. Since 2001, the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Dundo is Joaquim Ferreira Lopes.