Africa-Press – Angola. Unita is creating conditions to appoint and install secretaries in the new municipalities emerging from the New Political and Administrative Division in Huíla, a province that gained nine and now has 23 municipalities.
The news was revealed Friday, at the opening of the methodological meeting of the Huíla Committee, by its secretary, Augusto Samuel.
At the meeting, the deputy also admitted that it is necessary to adapt the Party to the new political-administrative reality, which will culminate in the transformation of communal structures into municipalities, namely Palanca, Hoque, Viti Vivali, Chituto, Capunda Cavilongo, Chicungo, Capelongo, Dongo and Galang.Augusto Samuel made it known that in the coming days they will appoint secretaries and their deputies, who will have the mission of constituting their municipal “executives”.
He reiterated that “the institutionalization of local authorities, in UNITA’s view, is the solution, instead of creating more municipalities, as it is the best way to combat asymmetries and promote the development of local communities, which makes it possible to combat hunger and poverty, efficiently”.
Huíla is one of the 21 provinces, located in the south, being the richest in southern Angola. Its capital is the city and municipality of Lubango.
According to population projections for 2024, which are based on the 2014 census, prepared by the National Statistics Institute, the region has three million, 383 thousand, 342 inhabitants, spread over a territory of 79,023 km2, making it the most populous in Angola , then Luanda.
It is made up of the municipalities of Lubango, Caconda, Cacula, Gambos, Chicomba, Cuvango, Humpata, Jamba Mineira, Matala, Quilengues, Quipungo, Palanca, Hoque, Viti Vivali, Chituto, Capunda Cavilongo, Chicungo, Capelongo, Dongo and Galangue.
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