Cassinga was abandoned by its European supervisors, and the mine fell into neglect during the ensuing Angolan Civil War.

[4] PLAN subsequently adopted Cassinga as a staging point for insurgent raids on South-West Africa, about 250 kilometres to the south.

Operation Reindeer saw paratroops of the 44 Parachute Regiment supported by bomber and strike aircraft launch an air assault on 4 May.

Tourism is emerging, largely involving white entrepreneurs from Namibia, which the provincial government is actively seeking to attract.

[8] The winding road known as Leba Hill, as well as Bicauri National Park are in Huíla Province.

[12] Favored by the relatively mild climate, there was a relatively strong colonization by Portuguese immigrants who sometimes mixed with the local population.