Caluquembe
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Caluquembe | |
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Municipality and town | |
Caluquembe | |
Coordinates: 13°47′S 14°41′E / 13.783°S 14.683°ECoordinates: 13°47′S 14°41′E / 13.783°S 14.683°E | |
Country | Angola |
Province | Huila Province |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 246,229 |
Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
Caluquembe (Kalukembe) is a town and municipality in Huíla Province, Angola. It is also the site of two missionary efforts; one, Roman Catholic and the other, Evangelical Protestant. At the Protestant mission there were for the majority of the past century a Bible school and a hospital run by the Swiss Alliance Missionaire Evangelique.
References
Didier Péclard, "Ethos missionnaire et esprit du capitalisme. La Mission Philafricaine en Angola, 1897-1907", _ Le Fait Missionnaire _ (Lausanne), no.1, Mai 1995, 97p.
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