Caluquembe (Kalukembe) is a town and municipality, with a population of 179,931 (2014 census), in the province of Huíla, Angola.[1]
Caluquembe | |
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Municipality and town | |
Caluquembe Location in Angola | |
| Coordinates: 13°47′S 14°41′E | |
| Country | |
| Province | Huíla |
| Area | |
| • Municipality and town | 1,136 sq mi (2,941 km2) |
| Population (2014 Census)[1] | |
| • Municipality and town | 179,931 |
| • Density | 160/sq mi (61/km2) |
| • Urban | 31,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Climate | Cwb |
It is also the site of two missionary efforts; one, Roman Catholic and the other, Evangelical Protestant. At the Protestant mission there were for the majority of the past century a Bible school and a hospital run by the Swiss Alliance Missionaire Evangelique.
Caluquembe has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).
| Climate data for Caluquembe | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.4 (65.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 159 (6.3) |
156 (6.1) |
283 (11.1) |
130 (5.1) |
7 (0.3) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
8 (0.3) |
106 (4.2) |
164 (6.5) |
182 (7.2) |
1,196 (47.1) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
Didier Péclard, "Ethos missionnaire et esprit du capitalisme. La Mission Philafricaine en Angola, 1897-1907", _ Le Fait Missionnaire _ (Lausanne), no.1, Mai 1995, 97p.
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