Karipande
Encyclopedia
Karipande is a village
in Alto Zambeze
, Moxico, Angola
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Alto Zambeze
Alto Zambeze
Alto Zambeze is a municipality in the Moxico province of Angola. It is situated near the border with Zambia and has about 40 thousand inhabitants. The municipality's seat is the town of Cazombo, on the Zambezi river.-References:...
, Moxico, 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...
.
- Distance to LuenaLuenaLuena can refer to:*Luena, Moxico Province, Angola, the Luena River, Angola which rises near it, and the Luena people, and ethnic group in the area*Luena River, the name of several rivers in south-central Africa*Luena, Cantabria, Spain...
: 600 km - Population: 7.000 hab
- Mayor (Soba): Mukumbi Munhau
- Relevance: Place of the murder of the "Commander Hoji-ya-Henda" aka José Mendes de Carvalho at the age of 27 years. He was buried near the river Lundoji, about 30 kilometers of the older headquartersHeadquartersHeadquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities...
of Karipande in the Eastern front/3rd Political-Military Region. (14, April, 1968)
External links
Peace Accords for Angola- (Portuguese) Angola - Datas e Factos
- (Portuguese) Jornal de Angola