Caluquembe

Caluquembe
Caluquembe
Location in Angola
Coordinates: 13°47′S 14°41′E / 13.783°S 14.683°E / -13.783; 14.683
Country Angola
ProvinceHuíla
Area
  Municipality and town
1,136 sq mi (2,941 km2)
Population
 (2014 Census)
  Municipality and town
179,931
  Density160/sq mi (61/km2)
  Urban
31,000
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
ClimateCwb

Caluquembe (Kalukembe) is a town and municipality, with a population of 179,931 (2014 census), 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.