Luanda

Luanda is a city in , and has about 5,170,000 residents. Luanda is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the neighborhood .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola and Iron Palace.

Museum
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The Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola is located in the District of the city of , . Established in 1938, it is the only museum of natural history in Angola.

Museum
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Palácio de Ferro is a historical building in the capital , believed to have been designed and built by – or by someone associated with – Gustave Eiffel, builder of the world-famous icons, the in Paris and the in New York City.

Museum
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The Museu Nacional de Antropologia is an anthropological museum in the District of the city of , Angola. Founded on 13 November 1976, it is a cultural and scientific institution, dedicated to the collection, research, conservation, presentation and dissemination of the Angolan cultural heritage.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luanda and Maianga.

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, 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.

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.

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.

Luanda

Latitude
-8.8273° or 8° 49′ 38″ south
Longitude
13.244° or 13° 14′ 38″ east
Population
5,170,000
Open location code
6F3M56FV+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27564941
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Luanda” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لواندا”
  • Armenian: “Լուանդա”
  • Belarusian: “Луанда”
  • Breton: “Luanda”
  • Burmese: “လုအန်ဒါမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Luanda”
  • Chinese: “罗安达”
  • Czech: “Luanda”
  • Dutch: “Luanda”
  • French: “Luanda”
  • Georgian: “ლუანდა”
  • German: “Luanda”
  • Greek: “Λουάντα”
  • Hebrew: “לואנדה”
  • Hindi: “लुआण्डा”
  • Hungarian: “Luanda”
  • Italian: “Luanda”
  • Japanese: “ルアンダ”
  • Kannada: “ಲೂಆಂಡ”
  • Korean: “루안다”
  • Kurdish: “Luanda”
  • Lithuanian: “Luanda”
  • Norwegian: “Luanda”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Luanda”
  • Polish: “Luanda”
  • Portuguese: “Luanda”
  • Russian: “Луанда”
  • Serbian: “Луанда”
  • Spanish: “Luanda”
  • Swedish: “Luanda”
  • Thai: “ลูอันดา”
  • Ukrainian: “Луанда”

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