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Luanda is the capital and largest city of Angola and the country's primary Atlantic seaport. It is Angola's chief administrative, commercial and industrial centre, and the most populous Portuguese-speaking national capital in the world. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
8,816,297 1
Area (sq km)
1645 1
Founding Year
1576 1
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
6 1
Latitude
8.83833 degrees south 1
Longitude
13.23444 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Dry 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 2
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Associated With

Angola, Countries
Source Luanda (Wikipedia)

luanda is associated with luanda-province.

Source Luanda Province (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Angola, Countries

Luanda is the capital of Angola.

Source Luanda (Wikipedia)

luanda is the capital of luanda-province.

Source Luanda Province (Wikipedia)
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Source Wikipedia: Angola Press News Agencytier 2

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Source Clube Náutico da Ilha de Luanda (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
é um clube desportivo da capital de Angola, Luanda
Sources
1. Luanda (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Luanda is the capital and largest city of Angola.
  • Infobox: population_total
    8,816,297
  • Lead section
    In 2024 the population reached more than 8.8 million inhabitants (a third of Angola's population).
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    1,645
  • Infobox, Elevation
    6 m (20 ft)
  • Infobox, coordinates
    8.83833°S 13.23444°E
  • Infobox, Founded
    25 January 1576
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    8.83833°S 13.23444°E
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    8.83833°S 13.23444°E
  • Associated With: Angola, Infobox, Country
    Angola
  • Capital Of: Angola, Lead section, capital fact
    Luanda is the capital and largest city of Angola.
  • In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Luanda - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2240449
    -8.83682 13.23432 P PPLC AO 20 2776168 73 Africa/Luanda
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 73 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -8.75, 13.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -8.75, 13.25
-8.75 13.25 BSh
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Luanda Province (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Quote, Lead section
The city of Luanda is the capital of the province and Angola.
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Wikidata: Luanda
Wikidata Q3897, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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