Dundo
Dundo-Chitato | |
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Coordinates: 7°22′48.4″S 20°50′06.2″E / 7.380111°S 20.835056°E | |
Country | Angola |
Province | Lunda Norte Province |
Municipality | Chitato |
Commune | Luachimo |
Population (2014) | |
• Total | 177,604 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Climate | Aw |
Dundo, or Dundo-Chitato, is a former mining town, with a population of 177,604 (2014),[1] now a city and the provincial capital of Lunda Norte in Angola. Established in the early part of the 20th century as a planned diamond mining community, Dundo has continued to grow, has its own airport and is now being superseded by a new city, New Dundo.
The city is the home of the football club called Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança, which plays at Estádio Quintalão. The local museum houses objects collected by social anthropologist, Hermann Baumann.