Moxico Province

Moxico (Portuguese spelling) is a province of Angola.

It used to have an area of , which corresponded to 18% of the landmass of Angola. The province has a population of 758,568 according to the 2014 census, and a population density of approximately 3.4 residents per km2 (8.8/sq mi), making it one of the most sparsely populated areas of Angola. The eastern most part of the province has since become its own province, Moxico Leste.

Luena is the capital of the Moxico Province, and is located from the Angolan capital of Luanda.

History

Moxico Province was the scene of much guerrilla fighting during the Angolan Civil War. Its long border with Zambia at the east of the province was a base of operations for UNITA and MPLA. As a result, Moxico Province saw many raids by the military of South Africa.

Moxico Province is known as the place where UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was killed in 2002, signalling an end to over a quarter-century civil war in Angola. Savimbi's body was buried in the village of Lucusse, about south-east of the capital, Luanda, under a tree near where he was killed.

Geography

Moxico Province borders Lunda Sul Province to the north, Bié Province to the west, the Provinces of Cuando and Cubango to the south, the nation of Zambia and the Moxico Leste Province to the east.

Municipalities

The province of Moxico contains nine municipalities ():

Bundas (Lumbala-N'guimbo) Camanongue Léua Luchazes Moxico (Luena)

Communes

The province of Moxico contains the following communes (), sorted by their respective municipalities:

Alto Zambeze Municipality – Caianda (Kaianda), Calunda, Cazombo, Lóvua Leste (Lóvua do Zambeze), Lumbala-Caquengue (Lumbala-Kakengue), Macondo, Nana Candundo (Candundo) Bundas Municipality – Chiume, Lumbala-Guimbo (Lumbala-N'guimbo) Lutembo, Luvuei, Mussuma, Ninda, Sessa Camanongue Municipality – Camanongue Cameia Municipality – Cameia (Lumeje) Léua Municipality – Léua, Liangongo Luau Municipality – Luau Luacano Municipality – Lago-Dilolo, Luacano Luchazes Municipality – Cangamba (Kangamba), Cangombe, Cassamba, Muié, Tempué Moxico Municipality – Cangumbe (Kangumbe), Cachipoque, Lucusse, Luena, Lutuai (Muangai)

Demographics

Moxico Province is composed of a diversity of ethnic groups, and is primarily a Bantu area. Populations of Chokwe, Lovale, Mbunda, Lucazi, and Ovimbundu make up the majority of the province. Isolated communities of other ethnic groups exist throughout Moxico.

Chokwe language is the most commonly spoken language in the province.

List of governors

Name Years in office Armando Fernando Ndembo 1976–1979 Maj. Marques Monakapui Bassovava 1979–1981 Celestino Figueiredo Tchinhama Faísca 1981–1983 Maj. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço * 1983–1986 Jaime Baptista Ndonge 1986–1992 João Ernesto dos Santos Liberdade 1992–2017 Gonçalves Manuel Muandumba 2017–present

Moxico Province

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