Caxito

Province

Caxito is an Angolan town at Dande, a flow of about 25-30 km to the west flows near the village of Barra do Dande in the Atlantic Ocean. The city is also the seat of the diocese Caxito.

History

The origin of the word comes from the Caxito spoken in this region Kimbundu, ie it is the transformation of the Portuguese word " Kaxitu ". Etymologically " Kaxitu " the diminutive of " xitu " (meat), so what " a piece of meat " means.

Caxito consists in preforming for several hundred years. In its current form as the county seat, it was created after the division of the province of Luanda on 26 April 1980. It is the district seat ( Municipio ) Dande, who belonged to the province of Luanda by the year 1975.

Population and management

Caxito is the capital of the province of Bengo in Angola and the seat of the district ( municipios ) Dande.

Caxito has 12,000 inhabitants. The Bengo province has a total of about 461,000 inhabitants, but these are here to estimates that are likely to be long since been overtaken by the just finds particularly strong population growth. It is 41,000 square kilometers and consists of other municipios (municipalities): Ambriz, Bula Atumba, Dande, Dembos, iColo e Bengo, Muxima, Nambuangongo, Quiçama, Pango Aluquém.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Fernando Dacosta ( b. 1945 ), Portuguese journalist and author

Source

• Administrative divisions Angola
• Info Angola: municipalities ( Portuguese)