Amboim Fortress
Amboim Fortress is a ruins in Kwanza Sul Province, Angola. Amboim Fortress is situated near the college Instituto Superior Politécnico de Porto Amboim, as well as near the aerodrome Porto Amboim Airport.- Type: Ruins
- Description: building in Angola
- Also known as: “Fort Amboim”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Porto Amboim Airport.
Porto Amboim Airport
Aerodrome
Porto Amboim Airport is an airport serving Porto Amboim, a coastal city in Cuanza Sul Province, Angola. The Porto Amboim non-directional beacon is on the field.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porto Amboim.
Porto Amboim
Town
Porto Amboim is a port town in Cuanza Sul Province, Angola with a population of 65,000; it comprises an area of 4,638 km2. In the past Porto Amboim was connected by an isolated 123 km 610 mm narrow gauge railway to Gabela, albeit closed in 1987 due to the civil war and to the abandonment of most coffee plantations, the biggest source of revenue from Gabela.
Amboim Fortress
- Categories: fortress and historic site
- Location: Kwanza Sul Province, Angola, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-10.73205° or 10° 43′ 55″ south
Longitude
13.74957° or 13° 44′ 59″ east
Open location code
5FXM7P9X+5R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Amboim Fortress” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Amboim Vesting”
- French: “Forteresse d’Amboim”
- German: “Amboim Festung”
- Italian: “Fortezza Amboim”
- Polish: “Amboim Vesting”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza do Amboim”
- Russian: “Амбуамская Крепость”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de Amboim”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Instituto Superior Politécnico de Porto Amboim and Instituto Superior Politécnico de Porto Amboim (ISUP).
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Primary School Magistério and Train of Porto Amboin Railway.
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