Lubango is a city in southwestern Angola and the capital of Huila Province, formerly known as Sa da Bandeira. With a municipal population of 890,384 recorded in 2024, it is the second most populous city in Angola after the national capital, Luanda, and its city center alone held 805,272 residents that year.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude14.916667 degrees south 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Lubango (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1885-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 903,564 (2019)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -14.916667, longitude 13.5
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1718 m
P2046 (area)
area 3147.0 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 903564 (2019)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Lubango - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3347762
-14.91717 13.4925 P PPLA AO 09 600751 1760 Africa/Luanda
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1760 m
View the Source 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 -14.75, 13.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -14.75, 13.75
-14.75 13.75 BSh
Lubango (Wikipedia)
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