Lunda Norte Province

Lunda Norte Province

Lunda Norte is a province of Angola. It has an area of 103,000 km² and a population of approximately 850,000. Angola's first President, Agostino Neto, made Lucapa the provincial capital after independence, but the capital was later moved to Dundo. Municipalities in this province include
Shah-Muteba, Cuango, Capemba-Camulemba, Lubalo, Caungula, Cuilo, Chitato-Dundo, Lucapa and Caumbo. The province is rich in diamonds, but remains vastly underdeveloped and impoverished.

Lunda Norte is populated by Cokwe (Tshoquoe), Lundas, and other tribes.

External links

* [http://www.angola.org.uk/prov_l_norte.htm Provinces of Angola - Lunda-Norte]


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