Chipindo is a town

Town

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 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 Huíla 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...

., situated 450 km North of Lubango

Lubango

Lubango is the capital city of the Angolan province of Huíla. Its last known population was 100,757. Until 1975, the city's official name was Sá da Bandeira.-Portuguese rule:...

, Huila province capital.

Geography & Territory

With an extension of 3.898 km2, and a density of population of 16 inhabitants per km2, it is limited with the towns of Caála

Caála

Caála is a town located in Huambo Province in Angola. It was known as Robert Williams town while Angola was a Portuguese colony, after the famous railroad developer and mining magnate, Sir Robert Williams. The town's last known population count was 22,010....

 and Tchicala Tcholoanga

Tchicala Tcholoanga

Tchicala Tcholoanga is a town and municipality in Huambo Province in Angola....

 in Huambo Province in the North, with Jamba

Jamba

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 town in the South, with Kuvango

Kuvango

Kuvango or Cuvango is a town and municipality in Huíla Province in Angola.It is served by a station on the southern line of the national railway system....

 in the East and with Caconda

Caconda

Caconda is a municipality and city situated in the North of the province of Huila, Angola, in the Plano Alto region, approximately 280 km North of Lubango, the provincial capital city, and approximately 700 km South from Luanda, the country's capital city. The Concelho was officially founded on...

 and Chicomba

Chicomba

Chicomba is a town and municipality in Huíla Province in Angola....

 in the West.

Its population is estimated in 33.244 inhabitants (2.006)., distributed in two comunas, Chipindo Sede and Bambi, that are constituited by seven regedorías, Tchitata, Camoanha, Sangueve, Capembe e Bundjei (Chipindo Sede), Catapua, Bambi sede (Bambi), and a great number of aldeias in each comuna. During the raining season traffic is strongly reduced due to the bad shape of the roads.

It has a small landing runway.

Weather

It has a tropical arid weather, with two differentiated seasons, raining season from September to April and dry season from May to August with low temperatures.

Population

Mother tongue of most of the population is Umbundu

Umbundu

South Mbundu, or Umbundu, is a language spoken by the Southern Mbundu people - now generally referred to by the way they call themselves, Ovimbundu - in the central highlands of Angola. Umbundu is the most widespread Bantu language in Angola. About one third of Angola is represented by Ovimbundu...

, spoken by the majority of Umbundu people, although it exist a part of the population belonging to Gangela people, especially in the West, close to Kuvango

Kuvango

Kuvango or Cuvango is a town and municipality in Huíla Province in Angola.It is served by a station on the southern line of the national railway system....

. The population is in its majority of strong traditional beliefs.

Administration

Since the end of the war, for the first time in 14 years, since March 19th, 2002, a local administration was stablished.

COMUNAS

• CHIPINDO SEDE: town center. Local Administration, police, Catholic church, Health center, School and Hospital (under construction in 2004). Aldea de Mbuandangui: 2 km from Chipindo sede, Action Against Hunger
  Action Against Hunger
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  base (as of 2005). Regidurias: Sangueve, Camoanha, Tchitata, Capembe and Bundjei.
• BAMBI: South of the town. Health post.

Regidurias: Catapua, Bambi sede.