Cuíto
12°23′S 16°56′E / 12.383°S 16.933°E
Cuíto
Silva Porto | |
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UTC+1 (WAT) | |
| Area code | (+244) 48 |
| Climate | Cwb |
Cuíto, formerly known as Silva Porto, is a city and municipality in central Angola, capital of Bié Province. The municipality had a population of 450,881 in 2014.[1] Projected to be the tenth fastest growing city on the African continent between 2020 and 2025, with a 5.56% growth. [3]
History
The city of Cuíto is built in the historical heart of the
Cuíto had a long history of violence starting with the
After independence from Portugal in 1975, Cuíto saw its worst times on 6 January 1993 when UNITA, during the Angolan Civil War, laid siege of the city for over 9 months and over 30,000 people were killed, both from war effects and starvation. Nobody was permitted to enter or leave the city for 9 months and the city suffered heavy damage. UNITA was eventually driven from Cuíto and a second attempt was made to capture the city in 1998 using huge artillery and tanks.[7]
Climate
The town sits on the eastern flank of the Bie Plateau. The climate is unusually cool for its tropical location. The average annual temperature is 18 °C, largely due to its high altitude. The coolest period is May to August when almost no rain falls. September and October are the hottest months with a little rain. Heavy rain falls in the main rainy season November to April.
| Climate data for Cuíto | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29 (84) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
31 (88) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25 (77) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
26 (79) |
28 (82) |
26 (79) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
25 (77) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19 (66) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
18 (64) |
17 (63) |
14 (57) |
15 (59) |
17 (63) |
20 (68) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
18 (64) |
18 (64) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14 (57) |
14 (57) |
15 (59) |
13 (55) |
10 (50) |
6 (43) |
7 (45) |
9 (48) |
12 (54) |
13 (55) |
14 (57) |
14 (57) |
12 (54) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 3 (37) |
7 (45) |
5 (41) |
0 (32) |
−1 (30) |
−5 (23) |
0 (32) |
0 (32) |
3 (37) |
6 (43) |
6 (43) |
5 (41) |
−5 (23) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 193 (7.6) |
196 (7.7) |
203 (8.0) |
76 (3.0) |
10 (0.4) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
3 (0.1) |
23 (0.9) |
109 (4.3) |
193 (7.6) |
221 (8.7) |
1,227 (48.3) |
| Source: weatherbase.com [8] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
Cuíto is served by the Benguela railway that once connected the inland provinces to the coast. The actual railway station serving Cuíto is located a few kilometers north of the town. The railway is expected to be repaired in the next few years. There are also direct flights from Luanda out of the Joaquim Kapango Airport.
See also
Notes and references
- ^ a b "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Bié" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Retrieved 3 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Angola
- ^ "Ranked: The World's Fastest Growing Cities". virtual capitalist. 13 August 2021. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ T. Ernest Wilson, Angola Beloved p. 32.
- ^ John Marcum, The Angolan Revolution vol I (1950-1962): The Anatomy of an Explosion. p. 102n.
- ^ Henry W. Nevison. A Modern Slavery p. 84.
- ^ Martin James, Historical Dictionary of Angola
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical weather for Silva Porto, Angola". Retrieved February 13, 2010.
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