Andulo
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Andulo is a town and municipality in Bié Province in Angola.{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/yao.html|title=City councils of Angola|publisher=Statoids|access-date=April 7, 2009}} The municipality covers an area of {{convert|10100|km2}}, with a Population of 258,161 in 2014.{{cite web |url=https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Censo_2014/Bie_Final_DID_21.11.16_APJM_29.11.2016.pdf |title=Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Bié |access-date=3 May 2020 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola |df=dmy }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Mussende, to the east by the municipalities of Luquembo and Nharea, to the south by the municipalities of Cunhinga, Mungo and Bailundo and west by the municipalities of Cela and Quibala.
History
Andulo was promoted to the category of town on July 3, 1971 and on this date an annual festival is held to celebrate the event.{{cite web |url=http://www.portalangop.co.ao/angola/pt_pt/noticias/sociedade/2015/6/29/Bie-Andulo-comemora-anos-existencia,3bf333ff-abfa-4024-a51d-411a608c1f98.html |title=Bié: Andulo comemora 44 anos de existência |publisher=ANGOP.com |date=13 Jul 2015 |access-date=22 Mar 2016 |language=pt}}
In September 2008, Islamic extremists rioted in the city, attacking the property of Christians and murdering the young daughter of a deacon.{{Cite web|url=http://barnabasfund.org/_php_libraries/file_bin/view_file.php?file=PFU/PrayerA5-Sep08.pdf|title=/_php_libraries/file_bin/view_file.php|website=barnabasfund.org|access-date=2017-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001238/http://barnabasfund.org/_php_libraries/file_bin/view_file.php?file=PFU%2FPrayerA5-Sep08.pdf|archive-date=2013-12-03|url-status=dead}}
References
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{{Municipalities of Angola}}
{{Bié Province}}
Category:Populated places in Bié Province
Category:Municipalities of Angola
Category:1971 establishments in the Portuguese Empire
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