Chongoroi was officially founded in 1914 by the Portuguese and only 62 years later, on 1 September 1972, it gained the status of village. Until then it belonged to Quilengues. But the distance that separated it from Lubango, capital of Huila, was twice more than traveled to the city of red acacias. The logic was made worth, and the municipality was integrated into the Benguelense province, has 6 151 km² and about 82 thousand inhabitants.

It is a village and municipality in the province of Benguela, known for its rivers, natural park and agricultural ambition. Lands far from Benguela waiting to be visited.

After the city of Benguela, as if going to Baía Azul, turn left on the Lubango and cut on the right, some brave kilometers later, straight ahead until Chongoroi. Are about 150 km to the southernmost municipality of the province, already on the border with Quilengues, lands of Huíla. It's a little talked about place in the guides tourist attractions, but with interesting points to visit, mainly for who travels by road between Benguela and Lubango.

The development of the village took place in the shadow of the large tobacco plantations characterized the region at the time of the colonist. Fertile land has always been a decoy from this place, crossed by the river veins of Coporolo, Hanja and Chongoroi and by countless water lines that feed them. Muhilengues, Mussos, Mussos, Muhumbes, Munanos and Muhanha were the peoples who settled there for the first once, attracted by the agricultural potential.

Over two hundred farms, but only one or two hands full in activity - it's a interesting and unusual script. Kamuhope and Tchiwnaa, in the Hanja valley, are two of the best known. Corn, massambala and massango are betting strong, as well as tomatoes and other vegetables. The colors joyful lemon sold in roadside baskets is like a hug from welcome anyone who enters Chongoroi. The landscape is punctuated by imbondeiros giants. Who knows how old they will be and how much they will have seen. Yours shade, little kimbo trees were growing. In the Chongoroi Regional Park, large animals abound who expect the park to be reactivated and protected as it should be. Among the species that have always lived there are elephants, lions, buffalo and zebras. Palancas, fan goats and gungas join the party, as well as birds several - partridges, turtledoves, wild hens, ducks and hares.