Cambambe

Cambambe
Municipality
Cambambe

Location in Angola

Coordinates: 09°45′31″S 14°30′44″E / 9.75861°S 14.51222°E / -9.75861; 14.51222Coordinates: 09°45′31″S 14°30′44″E / 9.75861°S 14.51222°E / -9.75861; 14.51222
Country  Angola
Province Cuanza Norte
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)

Cambambe is a town and municipality in Cuanza Norte Province in Angola.[1][2] It is the site of a hydroelectric dam on the Cuanza River. Cambambe also contains ruins from the 17th-century Portuguese settlement of the area, including the Igreja da Nossa Senhora do Rosário and the Fortress of Kambambe.

References

  1. "City councils of Angola". Statoids. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  2. "Reference Center: Provinces". Angolan Embassy in the United States. Archived from the original on 11 February 2006.
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