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.
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  • Type: City with 513,000 residents
  • Description: city in Angola
  • Also known as: São Félipe de Benguela

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 of Benguela is a religious building of the Catholic Church which is in Benguela, in the African country of and serves as the cathedral of the Diocese of Benguela.

Sports venue
The Pavilhão Acácias Rubras is an Angolan indoor sporting arena located in Benguela. The arena, built on the occasion of the 2007 Afrobasket along with the Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte in , Pavilhão Serra Van-Dúnem in and the Pavilhão do Tafe in , has a 2,100-seat capacity.

Benguela

Latitude
-12.579° or 12° 34′ 44″ south
Longitude
13.4037° or 13° 24′ 13″ east
Population
513,000
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
IATA airport code
BUG
United Nations Location Code
AO BUG
Open location code
5FVMCCC3+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 331385969
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3351663
Wiki­data ID
Q214248
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Benguela” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Benguela
  • Afrikaans: Benguella
  • Arabic: بنغويلا
  • Arabic: بنغيلا
  • Armenian: Բենգելա
  • Asturian: Benguela
  • Basque: Benguela
  • Belarusian: Бенгела
  • Belarusian: Бэнгела
  • Bengali: বেনগুয়েলা
  • Breton: Benguela
  • Bulgarian: Бенгела
  • Catalan: Benguela
  • Cebuano: Benguela (kapital sa lalawigan)
  • Cebuano: Benguela
  • Chinese: 本吉拉
  • Chinese: 本格拉
  • Croatian: Benguela
  • Czech: Benguela
  • Danish: Benguela
  • Dutch: Benguela
  • Egyptian Arabic: بنجيلا
  • Esperanto: Benguela
  • Finnish: Benguela
  • French: Benguela
  • French: Benguéla
  • Galician: Benguela
  • Georgian: ბენგელა
  • German: Benguela
  • German: Benguella
  • Greek: Μπενγκέλα
  • Gujarati: બેંગુએલા
  • Hausa: Benguela
  • Hindi: बेंगुएला
  • Hungarian: Benguela
  • Ido: Benguela
  • Indonesian: Benguela
  • Interlingue: Benguela
  • Irish: Benguela
  • Italian: Benguela
  • Japanese: ベンゲラ
  • Javanese: Benguela
  • Kannada: ಬೆಂಗುವಲಾ
  • Korean: 벵겔라
  • Latin: Benguela
  • Latvian: Bengela
  • Lithuanian: Bengela
  • Lithuanian: Benguela
  • Lithuanian: Benguella
  • Luxembourgish: Benguela
  • Malagasy: Benguela
  • Malay: Benguela
  • Marathi: बेंग्लाला
  • Mirandese: Benguela
  • Northern Frisian: Benguela
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Benguela
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Benguela
  • Norwegian: Benguela
  • Persian: بنگوئلا
  • Polish: Benguela
  • Portuguese: Benguela
  • Portuguese: Cidade de Benguela
  • Portuguese: Comuna de Benguela
  • Portuguese: Município de Benguela
  • Portuguese: São Filipe de Benguela
  • Romanian: Benguela
  • Russian: Бенгела
  • Serbo-Croatian: Benguela
  • Silesian: Benguela
  • Sinhala: බෙන්ගුලා
  • Slovak: Benguela
  • South Azerbaijani: بنقوئلا، آنقولا
  • South Azerbaijani: بنقوئلا
  • Spanish: Benguela
  • Swahili: Benguela
  • Swedish: Benguela
  • Tagalog: Benguela
  • Tajik: Vilojati Benguela
  • Tajik: Вилояти Бенгуэла
  • Tamil: பெண்குலா
  • Telugu: బెన్గుయెల్
  • Thai: เบงกีลา
  • Turkish: Benguela
  • Ukrainian: Бенгела
  • Urdu: بینگوئلا
  • Uzbek: Benguela
  • Venetian: Benguela
  • Vietnamese: Benguela
  • Waray (Philippines): Benguela
  • Western Panjabi: بینگوئلا
  • Wu Chinese: 本格拉
  • Zulu: Benguela
  • Benguela

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