Английская Википедия:Bailundo

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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),[1] in the province of Huambo, Angola.

In the 1990s, Bailundo was the location of the headquarters of UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4] Kings are considered to be significant community leaders, and play important roles in local matters.[5][6]

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