Malanje What’s Up 2017
Malanje Malanje is a province of Angola. It has an area of 97,602 km² and a 2014 census population of 968,135. Malanje is the capital of the province. The Malanje Province is located in the north of Angola, the provincial capital and largest town of Malanje located 383 kilometres (238 mi) by road east of the national capital of Luanda. It is bordered to the northwest by Uige Province, to the northeast by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the east by Lunda Norte Province and Lunda Sul Province, to the south by BiÊ Province and Cuanza Sul Province, and in the west by Cuanza Norte Province. The extreme north of the province is covered with savannah, while the southern part is largely dry savannah. The main rivers are the Cuanza River in the southwest and Kwango River in the northeast, and there is a mountainous area known as the Malanje Plateau. The Cuije River and Cuanza flow in the vicinity of Cangandala National Park. Large areas north and southeast of the city of Malanje have been declared protected areas. Of note is the Milando Reserve Park (Reserva Especial do Milando) in the north and the Reserva Natural Integral do Luando at the headwaters of Cuanza.
Municipalities Malanje Province is divided into 14 municipalities that are further divided into 66 communes (comunas). Municipalities in this province include Cacuso, kalandula, kambundi-katembo, Cangandala, Caombo, kiwaba Nzogi, kunda-dia-Bazi, Luquembo, Malanje, Marimba, Massango, Mucari, Quela, and Quirima Economy Kalandula Falls The province is predominantly agricultural. The most intensively used area in the province of Malanje is the area around the provincial capital, where cotton and sugarcane are the most important industries. The cotton industry was once of vital importance to the national economy, but the years of the Angola Civil War have badly stagnated it. Agriculture in Malanje Province is gradually taking off again, and numerous international investors have been involved, including US$30 million from Brazil to develop the maize and sugercane industry in the Pungo Andongo area. Malanje Province is also a producer of cassava, sweet potatoes, peanuts, rice, soybeans, sunflowers and various vegetables. The province also has significant reserves of diamonds, limestone, manganese (with 4,682 metric tons exported in 1973), uranium and phosphate. City centre of Malanje Tourism has become more important, largely due to its diverse natural attractions, including the Kalandula Falls, the black rock formation of Pungo Andongo, two nature reserves and the Cangandala National Park. Cangandala National Park, the smallest national park in the country, was originally established under Portuguese rule in 1963 to protect the Giant Sable Antelope, before being declared a national park on 25 June 1970.
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Access
The major commercial airlines fly to the province. The roads have been repaired and can be reached via Luanda to Malanje. Climate The climate is tropical and humid ranging from 20 ° C to 25 ° C.
The coldest month is June with an annual average of 21 º C and the hot test months are March and April, with an average of 25 º C. Throughou the year note up two seasons: rainy during approximately nine months (August to May) and the other is the season of ‘cacimbo’ which runs fro May to August.
Population
The population has a very diverse origin, inserted into 3 language groups: Kimbundu, Kikongo and Ambundo. The national language most spoken in the province of Malanje is Kimbundu. Gastronomy
Typical dishes are kizaca, usse, dried and hunted meat, kinhanza, ginguinga (made with giblets), which is always sided with funge of cassava or maize
Nature The region is rich in fauna, consisting of domestic and wild animals. As for wild animals stand out the giant sable, the mabecos, the spotted hyena, leopard, cheetah, the gungas, the kissoma, the puku, the songe, the bambi, pacaรงa, monkeys of various species, the elephant, the hare, the red sable, the golungo, the nunce, buffalo, wild boar, the hippopotamus, the crocodile, lion, jaguar and several species of birds. The giant sable is a large animal that lives exclusively in Angola, with a particular focus on Luando Nature Reserve, in northern Malanje. There are several types of antelopes, many of them of large size. However, the Giant Palanca Negra has a higher size, dark hair and is distinguished by its horns depicting a pronounced semi-circle behind. For its rarity, the Palanca Negra is a symbol of Angola
Giant black sable (giant palanca negra) In this province we find the following parks and reserves: • The Kangandala National Park, established as integral reserve in 1963, having an area of 600 km2. It is rich in birds, such as ducks, bonnets, partridges, pigeons, among others • The Malange Railway Forest Reserve, who has 200 Km2 • The Luando Nature Reserve, located between the provinces of Malanje and Bie, with 8.280 km2 • The Milando Special Reserve, located in the municipalities of Luquembo and KundaDiaBaze/Marimba/Caombo • The Samba-Lucala Forest Reserve, with an extension of 400 km2, with valleys and savannas and where we find Kionga and Cauneia rivers. The province consists of two watersheds, of Zaire and Kwanza rivers. The east and northeast part is crossed by one of the streams that flow into the river Cuango, one of the most important tributaries of the Zaire.
There are also the ponds of Quibemba (in the municipality of Kabumdi Katembo), Dombo (in the municipality Luquembo) and Sagia (in the municipality of Quela). The Malanje plateau is crossed by several rivers tributaries of Kwanza river (Lutete, Lombe, Malanje, Cuije, Cuque) and, in smaller numbers, the Lucala (Cole, Mafumbué). The Lower Kassanje corresponds to the middle and upper courses of the rivers Vamba, Cambo, Luhanda and Lui, which are a dense river network that during the dry season still maintain bulky flows Songo: the Kwanza river and its tributaries Luando and Cuquema move from south to north and, with others, are a dense river network that flows permanently.
• Cambumdi-Catembo Cemetery, Kizenga Cemetery and other Historical Cemeteries in the municipalities of Caculama and Cacuso, where are buried much of those who revolted against
colonial forces. • Tombs of Queen NGinga MBandi, NGola MBandi are situated in Kwaba NZóji. Among the most important monuments and sites, the tombs of King Ngola Kiluanji, Queen Njinga Bandi and brother, Mbingi Mbandi, have a prominent place and are found in the village of Mukulu Ngola, municipality of Marimba. In that village, the people who
take care of the tombs belong to the royal family. It is up to them to organize the cleaning and the visits. Visitors have to dress up witha special outfit. • Ruins of Cacumbo
• Ruins of the Fortress of Pungo-Andongo (1671) • Ruins of Quissol Factory, 1820 (in NZongola and Madimba) • Kangandala National Park, established as a national park in 1970. It has an area of 600 km ². The most important species is the existing giant sable • Malanje Railway Forest Reserve
• Luando Integral Natural Reserve and Milando Special Reserve • Samba-Lucala Forest Reserve • Black Stones of Pungo Andongo, rock formations of great natural beauty, where is said to be the footsteps of the Queen Ginga MBandi and King NGola Kiluange. The Black Stones are a collection of boulders of colossal dimensions that occur in the town of Pungu-a-Ndongo, Cacuso district, northern Malanje province. The set consists of intrusive rocks that have been exposed by erosion over the centuries and by sedimentary rocks (sandstones and conglomerates) and consolidated. Pungo Andongo is, however, more than a single site of geological anomalies. It is a place full of myths, legends, traditions and cultural values. Due to its topographical features Pungu-a-Ndongo came to serve as a fortress for the Ngola Kings. • Furnas’s Cacolo, where are ancient Ruins of primitive dwellings under rocks and natural deposits
Other Monuments • Fort Cabatuquila • Ruins of the Duke of Bragança • Old Palace • Oldest Well of Malange • Matari Ginga Ya • Cathedral Well • Oldest Crank • Evangelical Church of Quêssua, in the city of Malanje, formerly worked as a convent. Events
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The city festivities take place on February 13 and the 4th of February is also celebrated due to the massacre of Baixa da Kassange. In traditional festivals, the dances are Massemba and Nbuenzena with the sound of instruments like Kalandula, Kuissange, Hungo marimba and drums known as batuques. When visiting the province of Malanje, you must visit the stunning offerings of mother Nature! Did you know that Malange is the ‘home’ of the Giant Sable Antelope, a national symbol of Angola and one of the rarest antelope in the world? There are already more than enough reasons to visit the region. How to get there: The main commercial airlines fly to this province. Roads have been
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taries of Kwanza River. The cities of Culamagia and Techongolola are located at the ends of the park. The park was created in 1963 in order to protect a population of the subspecies of ungulates, Hippotragus variani niger, the giant sable, at the time in critical danger of extinction. Located in the municipality of Cacuso, the fantastic Black Stones of Pungo Andongo, around 116km from the city of Malanje. These stones are a strange rock formation with millions of years that rise above the surrounding savanna. According to tradition, the footprints of D. Ana de Sousa or Queen Nzinga Mbandi Ngola (Queen Jinga) are carved into the rock The village of Pungo-Andongo is located nearby, and there is where we find the ruins of the ancient fortress of Pungo-Andongo, built by the Portuguese in 1671. The Kalandula Waterfalls are in Lucala River, Kwanza most important tributary, in the municipality of Kalundula. With a length of 410 meters and a height of 105 meters, these falls are the second largest in Africa. Falls were known by Duke of Braganza, until 1975. Learn more about the province of Malange
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