Greater Luanda
Greater Luanda a region of Angola.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Luanda and Mussulo Island.
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.
Mussulo Island
Photo: JuvenaliaBrito, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mussulo Island is just outside Luanda, separated from the mainland by the Baie de Mussulo. While actually a peninsula, connected to the mainland by a narrow sandy spit, it is only accessible by boat.
Miradouro da Lua
Photo: Patyfessora, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Miradouro da Lua is an impressive set of cliffs outside of Luanda, Angola. It is Angola's most visited tourist attraction.
Greater Luanda
- Type: metropolitan area with 4,500,000 residents
- Location: Angola, Central Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
-8.8383° or 8° 50′ 18″ southLongitude of center
13.2344° or 13° 14′ 4″ eastPopulation
4,500,000Wikidata ID
Q14216970
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Greater Luanda” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大罗安达”
- French: “Luanda et environs”
- Italian: “area metropolitana di Luanda”
- Italian: “Area metropolitana di Luanda”
- Portuguese: “Área Metropolitana de Luanda”
- Portuguese: “Grande Luanda”
- Portuguese: “Região Metropolitana de Luanda”
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