Dundo
| Dundo | |
|---|---|
| Municipality and town | |
  Dundo Location in Angola | |
| Coordinates: 7°22′S 20°49′E / 7.367°S 20.817°ECoordinates: 7°22′S 20°49′E / 7.367°S 20.817°E | |
| Country |
 Angola |
| Province | Lunda Norte Province |
| Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
| Climate | Aw |
Dundo is a mining town and the provincial capital of Lunda Norte in Angola. 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 Hermann Baumann (social anthropologist). Since 2001, the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Dundo is Joaquim Ferreira Lopes.[1]
History
The city was founded and built by the company DIAMANG in 1912, who had the diamond mining concession in Lunda, having ceased to exist and was replaced by the current company Empresa Nacional de Diamantes ENDIAMA. Shortly after it ceased to be the capital of Lunda Norte, it is being built as a new capital called New Dundo. The city owns the airport Dundo, Sagrada Esperança Stadium, Dundo Museum, the Diamond Hotel and Middle Polytechnic Institute August 28 Dundo. Until 1980 extracted from the mines of Dundo was about 10% of the annual world production of gem diamonds, following the outbreak of civil war in Angola, production decreased significantly.The diamond and community development was managed privately by Diamang until 1977 when the Angolan government decided to nationalize.
Geography
The city is divided into several wards (bairros), including Samakaka, Camakenzo, North District, South District. Dundo is the seat of Tchitato municipality.
Culture
The city hosts the Dundo Museum which has a large collection of ethnographic artifacts including wooden sculptures are made by the people of ethnic Lunda and Chokwe.
Sport
The city is home to the football club Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança that plays in Girabola, the highest national championship. The team plays its home games in the city stadium, the ' Estádio Quintalão .
Climate
| Climate data for Dundo | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.3 (91.9) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.9 (93) |
32.8 (91) |
32.8 (91) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.9 (93) |
35.0 (95) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.2 (90) |
31.7 (89.1) |
35.9 (96.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29.4 (84.9) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.0 (86) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.0 (86) |
31.1 (88) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.0 (86) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.9 (84) |
30.1 (86.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.4 (75.9) |
24.7 (76.5) |
25.0 (77) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
25.0 (77) |
25.0 (77) |
24.7 (76.5) |
23.9 (75) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) |
20.0 (68) |
20.0 (68) |
20.0 (68) |
18.3 (64.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
18.8 (65.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 17.8 (64) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.8 (64) |
17.8 (64) |
13.9 (57) |
12.2 (54) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.1 (61) |
17.2 (63) |
17.2 (63) |
17.8 (64) |
10.6 (51.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 181.1 (7.13) |
139.7 (5.5) |
186.7 (7.35) |
200.9 (7.909) |
48.3 (1.902) |
3.0 (0.118) |
7.1 (0.28) |
41.4 (1.63) |
91.2 (3.591) |
186.7 (7.35) |
219.2 (8.63) |
196.3 (7.728) |
1,502 (59.134) |
| Source: Sistema de Clasificación Bioclimática Mundial[1] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Dundo (Angola)" (PDF). Centro de Investigaciones Fitosociológicas. Retrieved February 6, 2016.