Cuando Cubango Province

Cuando Cubango is a province of the African country of Angola has an area of ​​199 049 km2, and about 140,000 inhabitants. According to U.S. government statistics from 1988, the provincial population is 125,600, with only an estimated 3,600 people live in urban areas. Provincial capital is Menongue, other communities are Calai, Cuangar, Cuchi, Cuito Cuanavale, Dirico, Mavinga, Nancova and Rivungo.

The province's name is derived from the rivers Cuando Cubango and which flow through the eastern and western edges of the province.

The population consists of a number of smaller ethnic groups, some of which belong to the category of Ganguela, others to the Xindonga, others to the Khoisan. All live on a modest subsistence farming. The civil war in Angola has z.T. substantially damaged, as in the local region, at Jamba, was the headquarters of UNITA.