Cuangar

Cuangar is a city and municipality of the Cuando-Cubango province in Angola.

It has 18,917 km2 and about 22,000 inhabitants. It is bounded to the north by the municipalities of Menongue and Nancova, to the east by the municipality of Calai, to the south by the Republic of Namibia, and to the west by the municipality of Namacunde.

The municipality consists of the central commune, equivalent to the city of Cuangar, and also includes the communes of Savate and Caila (or Bondo).

The name of the municipality derives from the name of a subgroup of the Ovambos, the Cuangares, who live in the area.

History
It was in the city of Cuangar that the so-called Battle of Naulila took place on October 31, 1914, as part of the Cubango-Cunene Campaign, in which a German force unexpectedly attacked the Portuguese garrison at Fort Cuangar.