Catabola

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Catabola is a town and municipality in Bié Province in central Angola.{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/yao.html|title=City councils of Angola|publisher=Statoids|access-date=April 7, 2009}}{{Cite web|url=http://censo.ine.gov.ao/xportal/xmain?xpid=censo2014&xpgid=provincias&provincias-generic-detail_qry=BOUI=10504841&actualmenu=10504841&actualmenu=8377485|title=Angola|website=Censo 2014|access-date=12 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612185349/http://censo.ine.gov.ao/xportal/xmain?xpid=censo2014&xpgid=provincias&provincias-generic-detail_qry=BOUI=10504841&actualmenu=10504841&actualmenu=8377485|url-status=dead}} It is located {{convert|52.5|km}} by road northeast of Kuito, on the road to Camacupa. The municipality had a population of 126,631 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=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

History

Before 1975 the main town was known as "Nova Sintra".{{cite book|title=Tropical health: a report on a study of needs and resources|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wD8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA151|year=1962|publisher=National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Medical Academies|page=151|id=NAP:14018}} On 20 February 1996, the Forças Armadas de Angola (FAA) attacked a UNITA garrison in Lisusu, about {{convert|15|km}} from Catabola.{{cite book|title=Daily Report. Africa (Sub-Sahara)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SV5owfW_vQC|year=1996|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service|page=15}} It was captured along with towns such as Andulo, Bailundo, Camapuca and Chiguar during the FAA Christmas Offensive of December 1999.{{cite book|last=James|first=W. Martin|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4A5NM4IeBXgC&pg=PA195|date=5 May 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7458-9|page=195}} Numerous local government officials and sympathizers of the government were killed during the attack.{{cite book|last=Vines|first=Alex|title=Angola Unravels: The Rise and Fall of the Lusaka Peace Process|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9FU9s7yKDCEC&pg=PA79|year=1999|publisher=Human Rights Watch|isbn=978-1-56432-233-3|page=79}}

References

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{{Municipalities of Angola}}

{{Bié Province}}

Category:Populated places in Bié Province

Category:Municipalities of Angola

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