Longonjo

Longonjo
Municipality and town
Longonjo is located in Angola
Longonjo
Longonjo
Location in Angola
Coordinates: 12°54′24″S 15°11′11″E / 12.90667°S 15.18639°E / -12.90667; 15.18639
Country Angola
ProvinceHuambo
Area
 • Municipality and town
941 sq mi (2,438 km2)
Population
 (2014 Census)
 • Municipality and town
92,103
 • Density97.84/sq mi (37.78/km2)
 • Urban
23,000
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
ClimateCwb

Longonjo is a town and municipality in the province of Huambo, Angola. The municipality had a population of 92,103 in 2014.

Administrative divisions

The municipality is divided into four subdistricts or communes:

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, in the Longonjo carbonatite intrusion (Mount Chibilundo).

There has been extensive deforestation due to the production of charcoal that supplies Angolan urban areas. This has produced additional pasture for cattle.

References

  1. 1 2 "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Huambo" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & urban localities in Angola
  3. ↑ "City councils of Angola". Statoids. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  4. ↑ Arnoldi, Marleny (25 May 2022). "Pensana confirms $494m capital cost for its Saltend, Longonjo operations". Mining Weekly. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Costa, Tatiana (29 April 2022). "Huambo's 'Rare Earths' could guarantee five percent of world production". VER Angola. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Longonjo carbonatite intrusion". MinDat.
  7. ↑ "Dromana Estate has exploration underway at Longonjo Project in Angola". Proactive Group Holdings Inc. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022.
  8. ↑ Bahu, Andrade Moreira (2015). 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 (PDF) (in Portuguese). Huambo, Angola: Universidade José Eduardo dos Santo. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 September 2022.