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Shangalala

Coordinates: 16°48′45″S 14°54′35″E / 16.81250°S 14.90972°E / -16.81250; 14.90972
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Shangalala
village
Shangalala is located in Angola
Shangalala
Shangalala
Location in Angola
Coordinates: 16°48′45″S 14°54′35″E / 16.81250°S 14.90972°E / -16.81250; 14.90972
Country Angola
ProvinceCunene Province
Elevation
1,130 m (3,710 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
ClimateCwa

Shangalala is a mission station of the Finnish Missionary Society on the Kunene River in Ombadja tribal area in southern Angola, less than 10 km south-west of Xangongo.

Shangalala was established ca. 1973. The mission has a church and a hospital.

The headquarters of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Angola was formerly located in Shangalala and then moved to Lubango. The bishop of the church, Right Rev. Tomás Ndawanapo Nande is from the Shangalala area.

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16°48′45″S 14°54′35″E / 16.81250°S 14.90972°E / -16.81250; 14.90972