The city of Lubango is the capital of the Angolan province of Huila . It has a population of 256,713 inhabitants in 2010.
Summary
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- 1 History
- 2 Climate
- 3 Economy
- 4 Sport
- 5 Tourism
- 6 Sources
Lubango
Lubango was one of the first cities and regions colonized by the Portuguese to take advantage of its fertile agricultural areas. As was common to the Portuguese colonization, and other colonial regimes, the metropolis seized the lands from the aboriginal population to give it to the settlers. This caused several hundred families to emigrate to what was then German South West Africa, then Namibia, while about a thousand settlers from the island of Madeira occupied the region in 1881, mainly in the cultivation of potatoes. In 1910 there were 1,700 settlers from Madeira settled in the city.
In 1923, the Mocanede Railways company connected the city with the Atlantic coast and the Portuguese government named it capital of the province, renaming it Sá da Bandeira, recovering its original name with the arrival of independence. At that time Lubango was the only Angolan where Europeans were in the majority, since most of the African population was nomadic.
During the Angolan civil war, the city was home to SWAPO headquarters and was attacked several times by UNITA, at times becoming a “border” area between the territories controlled by the government and those dominated by the UNITA guerrillas.
Weather
The climate is warm and temperate in Lubango. It rains much more in the summer than in the winter. Climate is classified as Cwb according to Köppen and Geiger. Lubango has an average temperature of 18.1 ° C. It has an average annual rainfall of 860 mm. 191 mm is the difference in precipitation between the driest month and the wettest month. Average temperatures have a variation of 5.1 ° C during the year. October is the warmest month of the year with an average temperature of 20.1 ° C. In June, the average temperature is 15.0 ° C. It is the lowest average temperature of the entire year. June is the driest month with 0 mm. With an average of 191 mm, March is the month with the highest rainfall.
Economy
Lubango’s economy is based mainly on agriculture of cereals, fruits and vegetables. It also has a certain manufacturing industry specialized in food packaging.
Sport
The Tundavala National Stadium, which was built by the Chinese, is among the most modern football stadiums in Africa. In it, some matches of the 2010 African Nations Championship were held. Judo tournaments, which has aroused the interest of the Lubango population. The geography of the city also provides a good space for mountaineering and rappelling. There are other forms of sports such as basketball, soccer, karate, athletics, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics, cycling, boxing and motor racing.
tourism
Tourism is an area of great attraction in the municipality due to the natural beauties such as:
- Fenda and Tundavala Dam
- Huila waterfall
- Chapel of Our Lady of Mount
- Finance of Mr. Pina
- Presa de las Nieves (although it does not have a waterfall).
- Polygon, etc