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Calai

Coordinates: 17°53′S 19°56′E / 17.883°S 19.933°E / -17.883; 19.933
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Calai
Calai is located in Angola
Calai
Calai
Location in Angola
Coordinates: 17°53′S 19°56′E / 17.883°S 19.933°E / -17.883; 19.933
Country Angola
ProvinceCubango
Population
 (2014 Census)[1]
22,654
 • Urban8,741
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
ClimateBSh

Calai is a town and municipality in Cubango Province in Angola.[3]

The municipality has an area of 7,900 square kilometres (3,100 sq mi) and a population of 22,654 (2014).[4] It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Mavengue, to the east by the municipality of [[[Dirico]], to the south by the Republic of Namibia, and to the west by the municipality of Cuangar. The municipality of Calai was previously constituted by the communes of Calai, Maué and Mavengue, but as of Angola's 2024 administrative reforms, the communes of Maué and Mavengue have been incorporated into the new municipality of Mavengue, and Calai no longer has any subordinate communes.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Cuando Cubango" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Retrieved 3 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & urban localities in Angola
  3. ^ "City councils of Angola". Statoids. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  4. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of provinces and municipalities in Angola
  5. ^ "Lei n.° 14/24 de 5 de Setembro" (PDF). Diário da República. No. 171. Government of Angola. 5 September 2024. pp. 9800–10505. Retrieved 30 December 2024.