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Luanda

Middle Africa

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
Connections

Associated With

Angola, Countries
Source Luanda (Wikipedia)
Luanda Province, States or Territories

luanda is associated with luanda-province.

Source Luanda Province (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Angola, Countries

Luanda is the capital of Angola.

Source Luanda (Wikipedia)
Luanda Province, States or Territories

luanda is the capital of luanda-province.

Source Luanda Province (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Site Of

Angola Press News Agency

Also in Business Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Angola Press News Agencytier 2
TAAG Angola Airlines

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Source Wikidata: TAAG Angola Airlinestier 2
Ministry of Finance (Angola)

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Clube Náutico da Ilha de Luanda

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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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