Cambambe
Encyclopedia
Cambambe is a town
and municipality
in Cuanza Norte Province in Angola
. It is the site of a hydroelectric dam on the Cuanza River
. Cambambe also contains ruins from the 17th century Portuguese settlement of the area, including the Igreja da Nossa Senhora do Rosário.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
and municipality
Municipalities of Angola
The following is the list of municipalities of Angola, grouped by province.Angola contains 18 províncias which are divided into 163 municípios ....
in Cuanza Norte Province in 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 is the site of a hydroelectric dam on the Cuanza River
Cuanza River
The Cuanza River is a river in Angola. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean just south of the nation's capital, Luanda....
. Cambambe also contains ruins from the 17th century Portuguese settlement of the area, including the Igreja da Nossa Senhora do Rosário.