Canhoca, Angola
Commune in Cuanza Norte, Angola
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Canhoca is a commune and municipal headquarters of Cazengo in northwestern Angola.[1][2] It is located approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of N'dalatando, the capital of Cuanza Norte Province.[3][4] As of 2021, it had an estimated population of 3,500 and an area of 1,525 square kilometres (589 sq mi).[4] Agricultural crops cultivated in the region include citrus fruits, cassava, maize, peanuts, and bananas.[4]
Transport
Canhoca is served by a junction station on the Luanda Railway connecting Luanda and Malanje, with a short branch to the north.[5][6]
Historical film
The 2004 film Cambaio da Canhoca (The Train of Canhoca) produced by Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira is the dramatization of a real-life atrocity in 1957, when at least 50 Angolans were arrested by Portuguese colonial authorities in Malanje Province.[7][8][9] En route from Malanje to Luanda, the political prisoners were abandoned and left to die of asphyxiation in a closed train wagon at Canhoca railway station.[7][1][9]
Development
The commune of Canhoca has had electricity via the public network since 2021.[4] Shortly after being crowned Miss Angola 2026, Wandeleia Rodrigues Bango announced a social project to create an intelligent domestic tourism system in Canhoca.[10]