Chicala
Chicala is a residential area in Luanda Province, Angola. Chicala is situated nearby to National Museum of Military History, as well as near Fortress of São Miguel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fortress of São Miguel and National Museum of Military History.
Fortress of São Miguel
Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.
Fortaleza de São Miguel or Saint Michael Fortress was a Portuguese fortress built in 1576 in the Ingombota District of Luanda, Angola. During Dutch rule in Angola between 1641 and 1648, the fort was known as Fort Aardenburgh. Fortress of São Miguel is situated 1 km northeast of Chicala.
National Museum of Military History
Museum
The Museum of the Armed Forces is located in Fortaleza de São Miguel de Luanda, in the Ingombota District of Luanda, Angola. Founded in 1975, following the independence of Angola, the museum includes bi-motor airplanes, combat vehicles, and diverse arms and artifacts used during the Angolan War of Independence, the South African Border War, and the Angolan Civil War. National Museum of Military History is situated 710 metres northeast of Chicala.
Coqueiros Municipal Stadium
Stadium
Estádio dos Coqueiros is a multi-use stadium in Luanda, Angola. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Benfica de Luanda and Kabuscorp. Coqueiros Municipal Stadium is situated 1 km east of Chicala.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maianga and Samba.
Maianga
Suburb
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Maianga is one of the six municipalities of the administrative division of the province of Luanda, Angola. In 2011, as part of a restructuring of Luanda's regional government, the municipality was designated as one of Luanda's six urban districts.
Samba
Suburb
Samba is one of the six urban districts that make up the municipality of Luanda in Luanda Province, Angola. Samba is situated 3 km south of Chicala.
Luanda
Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Luanda, the capital of Angola, is on the Atlantic coast. Its current renaissance is an inspiring success story. Decades of conflict, which only ended in 2002, had long held Angola back.
Chicala
- Type: Residential area
- Location: Luanda Province, Angola, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-8.81326° or 8° 48′ 48″ southLongitude
13.2184° or 13° 13′ 6″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
6F3M56P9+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 294907708OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialGeoNames ID
2241900
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In Other Languages
“Chicala” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Chicala”
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