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Longa

Cuando Cubangovillage

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Land area19572 km²
Coordinates-14.61°, 18.48°

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City facts

Area
19572 km²

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Overview

Longa is a municipality in Angola's Cubango Province. It contains two communes, Longa and Baixo Longa. Prior to Angola's 2024 administrative reforms, it was a commune in the municipality of Cuito Cuanavale in the province of Cuando Cubango. As of 2014, the commune had a population of 15,104 people over an area of 14,000 square kilometres (5,400 sq mi).

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-14.6050
Longitude
18.4784
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
10
Distinct species (top 10)
7

Most-observed species

  • Black-shouldered Kite
    Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
    3
  • White-backed Vulture
    Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865 · Aves
    2
  • civet cat
    Civettictis civetta (Schreber, 1776) · Mammalia
    1
  • Common Buzzard
    Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1
  • Dark Chanting-Goshawk
    Melierax metabates Heuglin, 1861 · Aves
    1
  • African Pipit
    Anthus cinnamomeus Rüppell, 1840 · Aves
    1
  • Striped Kingfisher
    Halcyon chelicuti (Stanley, 1814) · Aves
    1

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
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Largest event

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Cuando Cubango

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.71
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,085

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
61
Avg daily Wikipedia views
2
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Longa, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

Sources

  • Wikipedia
  • Wikimedia Commons
  • Wikidata
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • iNaturalist
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • Wikipedia Pageviews API