Benguela

Benguela is a city in western , capital of . Benguela is one of Angola's most populous cities with a population of 555,124 in the city and 561,775 in the municipality, at the 2014 census.
  • City with about 562,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (130 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code BUG
  • …is also known as “São Félipe de Benguela”
  • Description: city in Angola

Places of Interest

Highlights include Our Lady Fátima Cathedral and Igreja Nossa Senhora do Populo.
Church
The Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral or simply Cathedral…
Sports venue
The Pavilhão Acácias Rubras is an Angolan indoor sporting arena located in Benguela.
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Latitude
-12.579° or 12° 34′ 44″ south
Longitude
13.4037° or 13° 24′ 13″ east
UN/LOCODE
AO BUG
Open location code
5FVMCCC3+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Benguela” goes by many names.
BenguelaAfrikaans
BenguellaAfrikaans
ቤንጌላAmharic
بنغويلاArabic
بنغيلاArabic
ԲենգելաArmenian
BenguelaAsturian
BenguelaAzerbaijani
BenguelaBasque
БенгелаBelarusian
БэнгелаBelarusian
বেঙ্গুয়েলাBengali
বেনগুয়েলাBengali
BenguelaBreton
БенгелаBulgarian
BenguelaCatalan
BenguelaCebuano
Benguela (kapital sa lalawigan)Cebuano
本吉拉Chinese
本格拉Chinese
BenguelaCroatian
BenguelaCzech
BenguelaDanish
BenguelaDutch
بنجيلاEgyptian Arabic
BenguelaEsperanto
BenguelaFinnish
BenguelaGalician
ბენგელაGeorgian
ΜπενγκέλαGreek
બેંગુએલાGujarati
BenguelaHausa
बेंगुएलाHindi
बेंगेलाHindi
BenguelaHungarian
BenguelaIdo
BenguelaIndonesian
BenguelaInterlingue
BenguelaIrish
BenguelaItalian
ベンゲラJapanese
BenguelaJavanese
ಬೆಂಗುವಲಾKannada
БенгелаKazakh
БенгелаKirghiz
벵겔라Korean
BenguelaLatin
BengelaLatvian
BengelaLithuanian
BenguelaLithuanian
BenguellaLithuanian
BenguelaLuxembourgish
BenguelaMalagasy
BenguelaMalay
बेंग्लालाMarathi
BenguelaMirandese
BenguelaNorthern Frisian
BenguelaNorwegian
BenguelaNorwegian Bokmål
BenguelaNorwegian Nynorsk
BenguelaOromo
ਬੇਂਗੁਏਲਾPanjabi
بنگوئلاPersian
BenguelaPolish
BenguelaRomanian
БенгелаRussian
BenguelaSerbo-Croatian
BenguelaSilesian
බෙන්ගුලාSinhala
BenguelaSlovak
BenguelaSomali
بنقوئلاSouth Azerbaijani
بنقوئلا، آنقولاSouth Azerbaijani
BenguelaSwahili
BenguelaSwedish
BenguelaTagalog
Vilojati BenguelaTajik
БенгелаTajik
Вилояти БенгуэлаTajik
பெண்குலாTamil
БенгелаTatar
బెన్గుయెల్Telugu
เบ็งแกลาThai
BenguelaTurkish
БенгелаUkrainian
بنگویلاUrdu
بینگوئلاUrdu
BenguelaUzbek
BenguelaVenetian
BenguelaVietnamese
BenguelaWaray (Philippines)
بینگوئلاWestern Panjabi
本格拉Wu Chinese
BenguelaZulu

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