Central Africa
Angola
Cuando Cobango Province

Cuito Cuanavale

Cuito Cuanavale, occasionally spelt Kuito Kuanavale or Kwito Kwanavale, is a municipality in Cuando province in Angola. The area around the town was the scene of heavy fighting during various campaigns during the Angolan Civil War and the South African Border War, with the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale from 1987 to 1988 being the largest land battle in Africa since World War II.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 40,800 residents
  • Description: municipality of Angola
  • Also known as: “Cuite Cuanavale”, “Cuíto Cuanavale”, “CuitoCuanavale”, and “Kwito Kwanavale”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cuito Cuanavale Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving Cuito Cuanavale in , Angola. The Cuito Cuanavale non-directional beacon is located on the field.

Cuito Cuanavale

Latitude
-15.16303° or 15° 9′ 47″ south
Longitude
19.17274° or 19° 10′ 22″ east
Population
40,800
Elevation
1,229 metres (4,032 feet)
IATA airport code
CTI
United Nations Location Code
AO CTI
Open location code
5FPXR5PF+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 669003924
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3349149
Wiki­data ID
Q899515
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Cuito Cuanavale” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيتو كوانافال”
  • Catalan: “Cuito Cuanavale”
  • Cebuano: “Município Cuito Cuanavale”
  • Chinese: “奎托夸納瓦萊”
  • Chinese: “奎托誇納瓦萊”
  • Dagbani: “Cuito Cuanavale”
  • Dutch: “Cuito Cuanavale”
  • French: “Cuito Cuanavale”
  • French: “Kuanavale”
  • German: “Cuito Cuanavale”
  • Greek: “Κουίτο Κουαναβάλε”
  • Hungarian: “Cuito Cuanavale”
  • Italian: “Kuito Kuanavale”
  • Japanese: “クイト・クアナヴァレ”
  • Japanese: “クイト・クアナバリ”
  • Malay: “Kuito Kuanavale”
  • Persian: “کویتو کواناوال”
  • Polish: “Cuito Cuanavale”
  • Portuguese: “Cuito Cuanavale”
  • Portuguese: “Cuito Kuanavale”
  • Portuguese: “Kuanavale”
  • Russian: “Битва при Куито-Куанавале”
  • Russian: “Квито-Кванавале”
  • Russian: “Куито-Куанавале”
  • Spanish: “Cuito Cuanavale”
  • Swahili: “Cuito Cuanavale”
  • Swedish: “Município Cuito Cuanavale”
  • Ukrainian: “Квіто Кванавале”
  • Uzbek: “Cuito Cuanavale”
  • Zulu: “Cuito Cuanavale”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hospital Municipal do Cuito Cuanavale and Memorial of the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cuito Cuanavale”. Photo: Jjtkk, CC0.