Longonjo

Longonjo
Municipality and town
Longonjo Location in Angola
Coordinates: 12°54′24″S 15°11′11″E
Country	Angola
Province	Huambo
Area
• Municipality and town	941 sq mi (2,438 km^2)
Population  (2014 Census)[1]
• Municipality and town	92,103
• Density	98/sq mi (38/km^2)
• Urban [2]	23,000
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Climate	Cwb

Longonjo is a town and municipality in the province of Huambo, Angola.^[3] The municipality had a population of 92,103 in 2014.^[1]

Administrative divisions

The municipality is divided into four subdistricts or communes:

• Longonjo: 60 villages, 529 square kilometres (204 sq mi)
• Catabola: 36 villages, 501 square kilometres (193 sq mi)
• Chilata: 57 villages, 887 square kilometres (342 sq mi)
• Lepi: 57 villages 426 square kilometres (164 sq mi)

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,^[4][5] in the Longonjo carbonatite intrusion (Mount Chibilundo).^[6][7]

There has been extensive deforestation due to the production of charcoal that supplies Angolan urban areas. This has produced additional pasture for cattle.^[8]

References

1. "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.