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Huambo[wAm´bO] Pronunciation Key, formerly Nova Lisboa[nO´vu lEzhvO´u] Pronunciation Key, city (1983 est. pop. 203,000), W central Angola. The chief town of inland Angola, Huambo stands on a high plateau and serves as a road, rail, and air transport hub and as a commercial and shipping center for a rich agricultural region. Its railway repair shops are among the largest in Africa. Huambo exports grain, rice, hides, skins, and fruit. Milling and the production of lime are carried on in the city. Since independence in 1976, civil war has devastated the city's economy; Huambo has been a stronghold of the UNITA leader, Jonas Savimbi. Huambo was founded in 1912.
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