Longonjo

Longonjo is a town and municipality in the province of Huambo, Angola.^[3] The municipality had a population of 92,103 in 2014.^[1]

Longonjo
Municipality and town
Longonjo Location in Angola
Coordinates: 12°54′24″S 15°11′11″E
Country	Angola
Province	Huambo
Area
• Municipality and town	941 sq mi (2,438 km2)
Population  (2014 Census)[1]
• Municipality and town	92,103
• Density	98/sq mi (38/km2)
• Urban [2]	23,000
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Climate	Cwb

Administrative divisions

The municipality is divided into four subdistricts or communes:

• Longonjo: 60 villages, 529 square kilometres (204 sq mi)
• Catabola: 36 villages, 501 square kilometres (193 sq mi)
• Chilata: 57 villages, 887 square kilometres (342 sq mi)
• Lepi: 57 villages 426 square kilometres (164 sq mi)

Economy

Like most of Huambo province, the economy of Longonjo municipality is primarily agrarian, both farming and livestock raising; however Pensana's subsidiary Ozango Minerals has plans to open a rare earth mine there,^[4][5] in the Longonjo carbonatite intrusion (Mount Chibilundo).^[6][7]

There has been extensive deforestation due to the production of charcoal that supplies Angolan urban areas. This has produced additional pasture for cattle.^[8]