Caluquembe
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Caluquembe | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
  Caluquembe Location in Angola | |
| Coordinates: 13°47′S 14°41′E / 13.783°S 14.683°E | |
| Country |  Angola |
| Province | Huíla |
| Area | |
| 1,136 sq mi (2,941 km2) | |
| Population (2014 Census)[1] | |
| 179,931 | |
| • Density | 160/sq mi (61/km2) |
| • Urban | 31,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Climate | Cwb |
Caluquembe (Kalukembe) is a town and municipality, with a population of 179,931 (2014 census), in the province of Huíla, Angola.[1]
It is also the site of two missionary efforts; one, Roman Catholic and the other, Evangelical Protestant. At the Protestant mission there were for the majority of the past century a Bible school and a hospital run by the Swiss Alliance Missionaire Evangelique.
