Benguela Province

Benguela is a province of , situated in the west of the country. It lies on the Atlantic Ocean, and borders the provinces of , , Huila, and .
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  • Type: province of Angola with 2,040,000 residents
  • Description: province of Angola
  • Also known as: AO-BGU”, “Benguela”, “Benguella”, and “Distrito do Benguela

Benguela Province

Latitude
-12.854° or 12° 51′ 14″ south
Longitude
13.9283° or 13° 55′ 42″ east
Population
2,040,000
Elevation
718 metres (2,356 feet)
Open location code
5FVM4WWH+C7
Geo­Names ID
3351660
Wiki­data ID
Q212786
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Benguela Province” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Benguela-provinsie
  • Amharic: ቤንጉዌላ
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بنغيلا
  • Asturian: Provincia de Benguela
  • Azerbaijani: Benquela vilayəti
  • Belarusian: Бенгела
  • Belarusian: Бэнгела
  • Belarusian: Правінцыя Бенгела
  • Bengali: বেঙ্গুএলা প্রদেশ
  • Breton: Benguela
  • Bulgarian: Бенгела
  • Bulgarian: Бенгуела
  • Bulgarian: Провинция Бенгуела
  • Catalan: Benguela
  • Catalan: Província de Benguela
  • Cebuano: Benguela
  • Chinese: Benguela Séng
  • Chinese: 本吉拉省
  • Chinese: 本格拉省
  • Chinese: 班圭拉省
  • Czech: Benguela
  • Danish: Benguela
  • Dutch: Benguela
  • Esperanto: Provinco Benguela
  • Estonian: Benguela provints
  • Finnish: Benguelan maakunta
  • French: Benguela
  • Galician: Provincia de Benguela
  • Georgian: ბენგელის პროვინცია
  • German: AO-BGU
  • German: Benguela
  • German: Provinz Benguela
  • Greek: Επαρχία Μπενγκέλα
  • Greek: Μπενγκέλα
  • Gujarati: બેન્ગ્યુલા પ્રાંત
  • Hindi: बेंगुएला प्रांत
  • Hindi: बेंगुला प्रांत
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Benguela
  • Italian: Benguela
  • Italian: provincia di Benguela
  • Italian: Provincia di Benguela
  • Japanese: ベンゲラ州
  • Kannada: ಬೆಂಗ್ಯುಲಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Kongo: Benguela
  • Korean: 벵겔라주
  • Korean: 벵구엘라 주
  • Kotava: AngolaBenguelaWinka
  • Latvian: Bengelas province
  • Lithuanian: Bengelos provincija
  • Luxembourgish: Provënz Benguela
  • Malagasy: Benguela (faritany)
  • Malagasy: Benguela
  • Malay: Benguela Province
  • Marathi: बेंगुएला प्रांत
  • Min Nan Chinese: Benguela Séng
  • Northern Frisian: Benguela
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Benguela
  • Norwegian: Benguela
  • Persian: استان بنگوئلا
  • Polish: Benguela
  • Polish: Prowincja Benguela
  • Portuguese: Benguela
  • Portuguese: Província de Benguela
  • Romanian: Provincia Benguela
  • Russian: Бенгела
  • Serbian: Бенгела
  • Serbo-Croatian: Benguela (provincija)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Benguela
  • Sinhala: බෙන්ගාලා පළාත
  • Slovenian: AO-BGU
  • Slovenian: Benguela
  • Slovenian: Provinca Benguela
  • Somali: Benguela Province
  • Spanish: Benguela
  • Spanish: Provincia de Bengela
  • Spanish: Provincia de Benguela
  • Spanish: Província de Benguela
  • Swahili: Benguela
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Benguela
  • Swedish: Benguela
  • Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Benguela
  • Tamil: பெங்கேலா மாகாணம்
  • Telugu: బెంగ్యువెలా ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: బెంగ్యువెలా రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: เบงกีลา
  • Turkish: Benguela Bölgesi
  • Ukrainian: Бенгела
  • Urdu: بینگوئلا صوبہ
  • Uzbek: Benguela provinsiyasi
  • Uzbek: Benguela viloyati
  • Vietnamese: Benguela
  • Waray (Philippines): Benguela
  • Welsh: Talaith Benguela
  • Western Panjabi: بنگوئلا صوبہ
  • Wu Chinese: 本吉拉省
  • Yue Chinese: 班圭拉省
  • Zulu: Benguela Province

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