Southwest Angola
Southwest Angola is a region of Angola.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Lubango and Saint Martin of the Tigers.
Lubango
Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.
Lubango, formerly known as Sá da Bandeira, is a municipality in Angola, capital of the Huíla Province, with a population of 890,384 in 2024. The city center had a population of 600,751 in 2014 making it the second-most populous city in Angola after the capital city Luanda.
Saint Martin of the Tigers
Saint Martin of the Tigers, sometimes referred to simply as Village of Tigres Bay, is a ghost town in southern Angola, located on Tigres Island, currently separated from the Angolan mainland by the Tigres Strait.
Great Escarpment
Photo: SangeevP, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Angolan section of Southern Africa's Great Escarpment consists of two primary mountain ranges, the Serra da Leba and Serra de Chela.
Southwest Angola
- Type: region
- Location: Angola, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
-15.21° or 15° 12′ 36″ southLongitude of center
15.04° or 15° 2′ 24″ eastWikidata ID
Q14234788
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Southwest Angola” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西南安哥拉”
- French: “Sud-Ouest de l’Angola”
- Italian: “Angola del sudovest”
- Portuguese: “Sudoeste”
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