Xangongo
Xangongo is a town with a population of 35,000, and a commune in the municipality of Ombadja, within the province of Cunene, in Angola. Xangongo is also the seat of Ombadja municipality.
Photo: M worm, Public domain.- Type: Town with 5,000 residents
- Description: city in Angola
- Also known as: “Chingongo”, “Forte Roçadas”, “Roçadas”, and “Vila Roçadas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Xangongo Airport.
Xangongo Airport
Aerodrome
Xangongo Airport is an airport near Xangongo, Angola. It was built by the Cubans in 1988 as a forward air base during the last campaign against apartheid South Africa in the Angolan Civil War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Humbe.
Humbe
Village
Humbe is a town and commune in the municipality of Ombadja, province of Cunene, Angola. It also used to be the location of a Roman Catholic mission station in southern Angola, located approx. Humbe is situated 10 km northwest of Xangongo.
Xangongo
- Categories: city, commune of Angola, and locality
- Location: Cunene Province, Angola, Central Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-16.74373° or 16° 44′ 37″ south
Longitude
14.97583° or 14° 58′ 33″ east
Population
5,000
Elevation
1,109 metres (3,638 feet)
IATA airport code
XGN
United Nations Location Code
AO XGN
Open location code
5FMP7X4G+G8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Xangongo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Zulu—“Xangongo” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Xangongo”
- Catalan: “Xangongo”
- Chinese: “桑貢戈”
- Dagbani: “Xangongo”
- Dutch: “Xangongo”
- French: “Xagongo”
- French: “Xangongo”
- German: “Xangongo”
- Greek: “Σανγκόνγκο”
- Italian: “Xangongo”
- Japanese: “シャンゴンゴ”
- Malay: “Xagongo”
- Malay: “Xangongo”
- Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Xangongo”
- Persian: “شنگنگو”
- Polish: “Xangongo”
- Portuguese: “Xagongo”
- Portuguese: “Xangongo”
- Russian: “Ксангонго”
- South Azerbaijani: “شنقنقو، آنقولا”
- South Azerbaijani: “شنقنقو”
- Spanish: “Xangongo”
- Swahili: “Xangongo”
- Uzbek: “Xangongo”
- Zulu: “Xangongo”
Localities in the Area
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