Africa-Press – Angola. Two thousand sections of cities, towns and villages in the province of Zaire are covered in the cartographic update process, which began on September 15th this year, as part of the preparations for the General Population and Housing Census to take place in 2024.
The information was provided this Friday, in Mbanza Kongo, by the director general of the National Statistics Institute (INE), José Calengi, who has been working in the region since Thursday at the head of a technical team, to monitor progress of the process.
The official informed that four teams made up of 24 technicians are working on updating cartographic data in Zaire, having already updated 256 sections in 11 neighborhoods in the city of Mbanza Kongo, the capital of the province.
The director general of INE said he counts on the collaboration of government authorities and other local public bodies for this process, which lasts three months.
As for places that are difficult to access, José Calengi guarantees that the teams will have the support of some local public sectors that have means of transport for this purpose.
“The Census is being prepared with the participation of all ministerial departments for the success of the activity”, he assured.
The INE delegation, on a 48-hour working day in Zaire, has already held a meeting with local officials and technicians from this state body, and must also observe on the ground the work being carried out by the cartographers.
The last General Population and Housing Census, carried out in 2014 in the country, found a population of 594 thousand and 428 inhabitants in Zaire, of which 297 thousand and 728 were men and 296 thousand and 700 were women.
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