Bailundo

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), in the province of Huambo, Angola.

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Settlement.name: Bailundo
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality and town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Angola
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Angola
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Angola
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Huambo
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2: 7161

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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), in the province of Huambo, Angola.

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