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Huambo is located on a plateau just southwest of the center of Angola on the railway between Lobito and the copper deposits in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. It has a population of 325 thousand.1 It is the capital of its province and the largest city in southwestern Angola.
aerial view of a piece of Huambo
1. Figure for 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huambo, side banner, accessed 12/3/2013.