Caluquembe

For the traditional kingdom, see Kalukembe.

Caluquembe
Municipality and town
Caluquembe Location in Angola
Coordinates: 13°47′S 14°41′E
Country	Angola
Province	Huíla
Area
• Municipality and town	1,136 sq mi (2,941 km2)
Population  (2014 Census)
• Municipality and town	179,931
• Density	160/sq mi (61/km2)
• Urban	31,000
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Climate	Cwb

Caluquembe (Kalukembe) is a town and municipality, with a population of 179,931 (2014 census), in the province of Huíla, Angola.

It is also the site of two missionary efforts; one, Roman Catholic and the other, Evangelical Protestant. At the Protestant mission there were for the majority of the past century a Bible school and a hospital run by the Swiss Alliance Missionaire Evangelique.

Climate

Caluquembe has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).

Climate data for Caluquembe
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	18.4 (65.1)	18.4 (65.1)	18.8 (65.8)	18.7 (65.7)	16.6 (61.9)	14.7 (58.5)	14.7 (58.5)	16.7 (62.1)	18.9 (66.0)	19.8 (67.6)	19.3 (66.7)	18.6 (65.5)	17.8 (64.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	159 (6.3)	156 (6.1)	283 (11.1)	130 (5.1)	7 (0.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0.0)	8 (0.3)	106 (4.2)	164 (6.5)	182 (7.2)	1,196 (47.1)
Source: Climate-Data.org

References

Didier Péclard, "Ethos missionnaire et esprit du capitalisme. La Mission Philafricaine en Angola, 1897-1907", _ Le Fait Missionnaire _ (Lausanne), no.1, Mai 1995, 97p.