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Caála
Municipality and town
CaálaLocation in Angola
Coordinates: 12°51′09″S 15°33′38″E / 12.85250°S 15.56056°E / -12.85250; 15.56056
Country	Angola
Province	Huambo
Area
• Municipality and town	1,495 sq mi (3,873 km)
Population
• Urban	130,000
•	366,480
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Climate	Cwb

Caála is a town and a municipality located 23 km west of the city of Huambo, in the namesake province in Angola. It was known as Vila Robert Williams while Angola was a Portuguese colony, after the famous railroad developer and mining magnate, Sir Robert Williams. The town has a population of 130,000 and the municipality a population of 279,792 according to the 2014 census.

History

Vila Robert Williams was the former name of Caála, in the then Portuguese Angola (before 1975). The town of Robert Williams was just west of Nova Lisboa (now Huambo) and was remarkable for huge outcroppings of boulders that jutted from the fields just outside the town. In those outcroppings researchers could find pottery shards, primitive metal smelting pits, and other archeological detritus.

Sports

Caála is home to the local popular soccer club Clube Recreativo da Caála who plays in Angola's top league, the Girabola.

Transport

Caála is served by a station on the Benguela Railway and is also the junction for a branch railway to Cuima. There are no airports found within 15 km around Caala, however one airport is within 50 kilometers.

See also

• Sir Robert Williams
• Railway stations in Angola

References

1. ^ "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Huambo" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
2. Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Angola
3. "Airports within 50 km around Caala - Angola.Places-in-the-world.com". angola.places-in-the-world.com. Retrieved 2022-12-03.

12°51′09″S 15°33′38″E / 12.85250°S 15.56056°E / -12.85250; 15.56056

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Capital: Huambo
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