Chipindo
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Chipindo is a town and municipality, with a population of 64,714 (2014 census), in the province of Huíla, Angola.{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/yao.html|title=City councils of Angola|publisher=Statoids|access-date=April 9, 2009}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Censo_2014/PUBLICACAO-HUILA_30-09-2016_rev_DG.pdf |title=Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província da Huíla |access-date=3 May 2020 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola |df=dmy }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
It is situated 450 km North of Lubango, Huila province capital.
Geography
With an extension of 4.038 km2, and a population density of 19 per km2, it is limited with the towns of Caála and Tchicala Tcholoanga in Huambo Province in the North, with Jamba town in the South, with Kuvango in the East and with Caconda and Chicomba in the West.
Its population is 64,714 at the 2014 census, distributed in two communes, Chipindo Sede and Bambi, that are constituted by seven regedorías, Tchitata, Camoanha, Sangueve, Capembe e Bundjei (Chipindo Sede), Catapua, Bambi sede (Bambi), and a great number of aldeias in each comuna. During the raining season traffic is strongly reduced due to the bad shape of the roads.
It has a small landing runway.
= Climate =
Chipindo has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb) with two differentiated seasons, a wet season from October to April and a dry season from May to September. Temperatures are somewhat lower during the dry season.
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|location = Chipindo
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|Jan high C = 26.0
|Feb high C = 26.0
|Mar high C = 26.1
|Apr high C = 26.6
|May high C = 25.5
|Jun high C = 24.2
|Jul high C = 24.5
|Aug high C = 27.2
|Sep high C = 29.6
|Oct high C = 28.9
|Nov high C = 27.2
|Dec high C = 26.0
|year high C = 26.5
|Jan mean C = 20.1
|Feb mean C = 20.2
|Mar mean C = 20.3
|Apr mean C = 20.1
|May mean C = 17.6
|Jun mean C = 15.6
|Jul mean C = 15.4
|Aug mean C = 18.1
|Sep mean C = 21.0
|Oct mean C = 21.5
|Nov mean C = 20.7
|Dec mean C = 20.1
|year mean C = 19.2
|Jan low C = 14.2
|Feb low C = 14.4
|Mar low C = 14.5
|Apr low C = 13.6
|May low C = 9.7
|Jun low C = 7.0
|Jul low C = 6.4
|Aug low C = 9.0
|Sep low C = 12.5
|Oct low C = 14.2
|Nov low C = 14.3
|Dec low C = 14.2
|year low C = 12.0
|Jan precipitation mm = 190
|Feb precipitation mm = 162
|Mar precipitation mm = 228
|Apr precipitation mm = 115
|May precipitation mm = 10
|Jun precipitation mm = 0
|Jul precipitation mm = 0
|Aug precipitation mm = 0
|Sep precipitation mm = 5
|Oct precipitation mm = 69
|Nov precipitation mm = 147
|Dec precipitation mm = 196
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|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/765217/|title = Climate: Chipindo|access-date = 13 April 2014
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Population
Administration
Since the end of the war, for the first time in 14 years, since March 19, 2002, a local administration was established.
= COMUNAS =
- CHIPINDO SEDE: town center. Local Administration, police, Catholic church, Health center, School and Hospital (under construction in 2004). Aldea de Mbuandangui: 2 km from Chipindo sede, Action Against Hunger base (as of 2005). Regidurias: Sangueve, Camoanha, Tchitata, Capembe and Bundjei.
- BAMBI: South of the town. Health post.
Regidurias: Catapua, Bambi sede.
= SECTOR =
- Bundjei: North of the town. Health center.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Municipalities of Angola}}
{{Huíla Province}}