Bailundo (pre-1975 Vila Teixeira da Silva) is a municipality, with a population of 294,494 (2014), and a town, with a population of 70,481 (2014),[2] in the province of Huambo, Angola.
In the 1990s, Bailundo was the location of the headquarters of UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi.[3]
Located in Bailundo is the non-sovereignKingdom of Bailundo. In 2021, Tchongolola Tchongonga was elected king of the Kingdom, to succeed Ekuikui IV who was deposed earlier in the same year.[5] Kings are considered to be significant community leaders, and play important roles in local matters.[6][7]