Bailundo

12°11′45″S 15°51′20″E

Bailundo
Municipality and town
Bailundo Location in Angola
Coordinates: 12°11′45″S 15°51′20″E
Country	Angola
Province	Huambo
Area
• Total	2,765 sq mi (7,161 km2)
Population  (2014 Census)[1]
• Total	294,494
• Density	110/sq mi (41/km2)
Climate	Cwb

Bailundo (pre-1975 Vila Teixeira da Silva) is a municipality, with a population of 294,494 (2014), and a town, with a population of 70,481 (2014),^[2] in the province of Huambo, Angola.

In the 1990s, Bailundo was the location of the headquarters of UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi.^[3]

On January 19, 2008, a Gira Globo Aeronáutica Beechcraft B200 Super King Air on approach to Huambo Airport in Huambo crashed on a mountain near Bailundo, killing all 13 people on board.^[4]

Located in Bailundo is the non-sovereign Kingdom of Bailundo. In 2021, Tchongolola Tchongonga was elected king of the Kingdom, to succeed Ekuikui IV who was deposed earlier in the same year.^[5] Kings are considered to be significant community leaders, and play important roles in local matters.^[6][7]

See also

• Bailundo (kingdom)