Lunda Norte
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Provinces of Angola
Angola is divided into eighteen provinces:-See also:* ISO 3166-2:AO, the ISO codes for Angola....
of Angola
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...
. It has an area of 103,000 km² and a population of approximately 850,000. Angola's first President, Agostino Neto, made Lucapa
Lucapa
Lucapa is a town located in eastern Angola. It is the administrative capital of Lunda Norte Province.Its population is difficult to estimate as it has changed greatly over the last 15 years due to internal displacement caused by civil war and the subsequent resettlement.The primary industry in the...
the provincial capital after independence, but the capital was later moved to Dundo
Dundo
Dundo is an Angolan 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...
. Municipalities in this province include
Shah-Muteba, Cuango
Cuango
Cuango is a town and municipality in Lunda Norte Province in Angola....
, Capemba-Camulemba
Capemba-Camulemba
Capenda-Camulemba is a town and municipality in Lunda Norte Province in Angola....
, Lubalo
Lubalo
Lubalo is a town and municipality in Lunda Norte Province in Angola....
, Caungula
Caungula
Caungula is a town and municipality in Lunda Norte Province in Angola....
, Cuilo
Cuilo
Cuilo is a town and municipality in Lunda Norte Province in Angola....
, Chitato-Dundo
Chitato-Dundo
Chitato-Dundo is a town and municipality in Lunda Norte Province in Angola....
, Lucapa
Lucapa
Lucapa is a town located in eastern Angola. It is the administrative capital of Lunda Norte Province.Its population is difficult to estimate as it has changed greatly over the last 15 years due to internal displacement caused by civil war and the subsequent resettlement.The primary industry in the...
and Caumbo
Caumbo
Caumbo is a town and municipality in Lunda Norte Province in Angola.-References:...
. The province is rich in diamonds, but remains vastly underdeveloped and impoverished.
Lunda Norte is populated by Chokwe
Chokwe
The Chokwe also pronounced Tchokwe are an ethnic group of Central Africa whose ancestry can perhaps be traced to Mbundu and Mbuti Pygmies. Large groups of Chokwe currently reside in Angola, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their language is usually referred to as Chokwe, a Bantu...
, Lunda
Lunda
Lunda may refer to:* Lunda Empire incorporating the Lunda Kingdom* Lunda language * Lunda people , speaking Chilunda and living in southern DR Congo, eastern Angola and the North-Western Province of Zambia; also called the Western Lunda to distinguish them from:—* Eastern Lunda or Kazembe-Lunda, a...
, and other ethnical groups.