Areia Branca

Areia Branca is a neighborhood in , . Areia Branca is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fortress of São Miguel and Palace of the National Assembly of Angola.

Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.
Fortaleza de São Miguel or Saint Michael Fortress was a fortress built in 1576 in the District of Luanda, Angola. During Dutch rule in Angola between 1641 and 1648, the fort was known as Fort Aardenburgh. is situated 2½ km northeast of Areia Branca.

Government office
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
is a government office.

Stadium
Estádio dos Coqueiros is a multi-use in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Benfica de Luanda and Kabuscorp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samba and Maianga.

Suburb
Photo: Rogério Melo, CC BY 3.0.
is one of the 17 municipalities that make up the Luanda Province, . The municipality had a population of 364,986 in 2024.

Suburb
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is one of the six municipalities of the administrative division of the , 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.

Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, the capital of , 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.

Areia Branca

Latitude
-8.82638° or 8° 49′ 35″ south
Longitude
13.2085° or 13° 12′ 31″ east
Open location code
6F3M56F5+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13072124633
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
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