Camabatela – Over 100 farmers of Ambaca municipality, in Cuanza Norte province, participated this weekend in an agro-livestock fair to exhibit the region’s economic potentialities.
Farmers from the four communes of the municipality displayed various agricultural products, notably bananas, potatoes, yams, cassava, beans, okra, onions, avocados, palm fruit, citrus fruits, sugar cane and drinks such as maruvu and brandy.
According to a note from the Centre for Documentation and Image (CDI) of the Ambaca Municipal Administration, to which Angop had access today (Monday), the event was held to mark the 87th anniversary of the existence of Camabatela town (municipal capital), celebrated on 14 of this month.
According to the municipal director of Agriculture, Olídio Lucas, the fair achieved sales estimated at 5 million kwanzas.
Located 180 kilometres off Ndalatando, the capital of Cuanza Norte, the town of Camabatela was founded in 1611 by the Portuguese, and on 14 July, 1934 it was elevated to the category of town and municipal capital.
Before being named Camabatela, the town was known as Mufongo, terminology attributed to the existence in the region of a fruit tree called mufongos.
Source: Angola Press News Agency
