Malange is a commune and also a municipality (Concelho de Malanje) capital of the province of Malanje, in central Angola , a border region with the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
Summary of Malange
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- 1 Geography
- 2 Climate
- 3 History
- 4 Agriculture
- 5 Sources
Geography
The term has a surface area of 2 422 km² and a population of 221 785 inhabitants.1 It borders to the north with the municipality of Cuaba Nzogo; to the east with that of Mucari; to the south with the municipalities of Cangandala and Mussende in the province of Cuanza del Sur; and to the west with those of Cacuso and Calandula.
Weather
The climate here is tropical. In winter, there is much less rainfall in Malanje than in summer. This climate is considered Aw according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. The average annual temperature is 20.9 ° C in Malanje. The approximate average rainfall is 1125 mm.
History
The city of Malanje, founded in 1852, has a railway line (since 1909) that links it to the city of Luanda, which has allowed the development of that city. In 1926, the town was raised and, six years later, the city. Strongly marked by civil war, the region is desertified (many inhabitants took refuge in Luanda) and with a lack of infrastructure. With a clear need for intervention in the education and health sectors, the provincial government has essentially supported the World Immunization Program (through Rotary International) and UNICEF .
farming
The province of Malanje presents its economic potential in agriculture, producing crops of cassava, rice, sweet potato, sunflower, sisal, mango, guava, citrus, eucalyptus, cotton, tobacco and sugar cane. These last three are interconnected with the industrial sector. The region is also rich in diamonds, phosphate, uranium, dolomite, copper, and lime. In progressive increase of the tourism industry, the province offers some natural resources, such as Kalandula waterfalls (or Calandula, formerly Duque de Braganza) and the Kangandala National Park (or Cangandala), with 600 km 2, where the giant saber, a species weird.