Malanje, ANGOLA, October 13 - President of Republic João Lourenço arrived Tuesday morning in the northern province of Malanje to inaugurate the Higher Institute of Technological Sciences (ISTAM). ,

The head of the Executive Branch was received by the governor of Malanje, Norberto dos Santos, and other entities of the State administration.

The president is accompanied by a delegation that includes, among other entities, the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Maria do Rosário Sambo, and the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, António Francisco de Assis.

Joao Lourenço is expected back to the country's capital, Luanda, in today afternoon.  

The Head of State visited Malanje province for the last time, in the second half of May last year, when he chaired the meeting of the Local Governance Council.

At that meeting, the Local Governance Council analysed projects linked to the Integrated Plan for Intervention in Municipalities (PIIM), focusing on the sectors of education, health, communication, basic sanitation, energy and water.

With at least one million inhabitants, the province of Malanje consists of the municipalities of Cacuso, Cahombo, Calandula, Cambundi Catembo, Cangandala, Kiwaba Nzoji, Cunda-Dia-Base, Luquembo, Marimba, Massango, Mucari, Quela, Quirima and Malanje .  

Malanje is an essentially agricultural province, with stress to the production of cassava, rice, cotton, corn, sweet potatoes,  sunflower, beans, soy and vegetables.  

The region has mineral resources, such as diamond, limestone, uranium and phosphate.

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