Muxima
Encyclopedia
Muxima is a town
, commune
and municipality
in Bengo Province in Angola
.It was founded in 1599 by the Portuguese. Muxima means "heart
" in Kimbundu
. It is the site of a Marian shrine.
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...
, commune
Communes of Angola
The Communes of Angola are the third-level administrative units in Angola after Municipalities. The 173 municipalities of Angola are divided into communes...
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 Bengo 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 was founded in 1599 by the Portuguese. Muxima means "heart
Heart
The heart is a myogenic muscular organ found in all animals with a circulatory system , that is responsible for pumping blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions...
" in Kimbundu
Kimbundu
North Mbundu, or Kimbundu, one of two Bantu languages called Mbundu is one of the most widely spoken Bantu languages in Angola, concentrated in the north-west of the country, notably in the Luanda Province, the Bengo Province and the Malanje Province...
. It is the site of a Marian shrine.