Caluquembe

For the traditional kingdom, see Kalukembe.
Caluquembe
Municipality and town
Caluquembe

Location in Angola

Coordinates: 13°47′S 14°41′E / 13.783°S 14.683°E / -13.783; 14.683Coordinates: 13°47′S 14°41′E / 13.783°S 14.683°E / -13.783; 14.683
Country  Angola
Province Huíla
Population (2006)
 • Total 246,229
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)
Climate Cwb

Caluquembe (Kalukembe) is a town and municipality in the province of Huíla, Angola.

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.

Climate

Caluquembe has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).

Climate data for Caluquembe
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)		 19.8
(67.6)		 19.3
(66.7)		 18.6
(65.5)		 17.8
(64.04)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 159
(6.26)		 156
(6.14)		 283
(11.14)		 130
(5.12)		 7
(0.28)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 1
(0.04)		 8
(0.31)		 106
(4.17)		 164
(6.46)		 182
(7.17)		 1,196
(47.09)
Source: Climate-Data.org[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Climate: Caluquembe". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

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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