Longonjo#Economy
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Longonjo is a town and municipality in the province of Huambo, Angola.{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/yao.html|title=City councils of Angola|publisher=Statoids|access-date=April 9, 2009}} The municipality had a population of 92,103 in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Censo_2014/PUBLICACAO_HUAMBO_FINAL_21_09_16_rev_dg.pdf |title=Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Huambo |access-date=3 May 2020 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola| df=dmy }}
Administrative divisions
Economy
Like most of Huambo province, the economy of Longonjo municipality is primarily agrarian, both farming and livestock raising; however Pensana's subsidiary Ozango Minerals has plans to open a rare earth mine there,{{Cite magazine|last=Arnoldi |first=Marleny |date=25 May 2022 |title=Pensana confirms $494m capital cost for its Saltend, Longonjo operations |magazine=Mining Weekly |url=https://www.miningweekly.com/article/pensana-confirms-494m-capital-cost-for-its-saltend-longonjo-operations-2022-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712220855/https://www.miningweekly.com/article/pensana-confirms-494m-capital-cost-for-its-saltend-longonjo-operations-2022-05-25 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|last=Costa |first=Tatiana |date=29 April 2022 |title=Huambo's 'Rare Earths' could guarantee five percent of world production |publisher=VER Angola |url=https://www.verangola.net/va/en/042022/RawMaterials/30619/Huambo%27s-%27Rare-Earths%27-could-guarantee-five-percent-of-world-production.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707100242/https://www.verangola.net/va/en/042022/RawMaterials/30619/Huambo's-'Rare-Earths'-could-guarantee-five-percent-of-world-production.htm |archive-date=7 July 2022 |url-status=live }} in the Longonjo carbonatite intrusion (Mount Chibilundo).{{Cite web|title=Longonjo carbonatite intrusion |publisher=MinDat |url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-405887.html }}{{Cite news|title=Dromana Estate has exploration underway at Longonjo Project in Angola |date=14 May 2013 |publisher=Proactive Group Holdings Inc. |url=https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/47702/bp-accused-of-gross-negligence-in-deepwater-horizon-case-47702.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909162443/https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/47702/bp-accused-of-gross-negligence-in-deepwater-horizon-case-47702.html |archive-date=9 September 2022 |url-status=live }}
There has been extensive deforestation due to the production of charcoal that supplies Angolan urban areas. This has produced additional pasture for cattle.{{Cite book|last=Bahu |first=Andrade Moreira |year=2015 |title=A Comercialização do Carvão Vegetal Versus Insustentabilidade das Florestas Naturais Baseado Num Estudo de Caso Nas Aldeias de Nazaré e Calombo Nos Municípios de Longonjo e Caála, Província Do Huambo, Angola |language=pt |location=Huambo, Angola |publisher=Universidade José Eduardo dos Santo |url=https://www.repository.utl.pt/bitstream/10400.5/13103/1/REP-JCCOSTA-Bahu%20(2015)%20-%20A%20comercializa%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20do%20Carv%C3%A3o%20Vegetal%20no%20Huambo.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909165503/https://www.repository.utl.pt/bitstream/10400.5/13103/1/REP-JCCOSTA-Bahu%20%282015%29%20-%20A%20comercializa%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20do%20Carv%C3%A3o%20Vegetal%20no%20Huambo.pdf |archive-date=9 September 2022 |url-status=live }}
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